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End Punctuation
Rule Example
Period (.) A period is used at the end of a The Battle of Agincourt was fought in France in
declarative sentence. October of 1415.
Question mark (?) A question mark is used at Which country gave the Statue of Liberty to the
the end of a question. United States?
Exclamation point (!) An exclamation point The research team finally captured the giant
is used at the end of an exclamation. It is very squid on film!
rarely used in academic writing.
Commas
Rule Example
A comma separates the items in a list of three or She speaks French, English, and Chinese.
more things. There should be a comma between
each item in the list.
A comma separates two independent clauses Students can register for classes in person, or
when there is a coordinating conjunction such as they may submit their applications by mail.
and, but, or, so, for, nor, and yet.
A comma is used to separate an introductory In conclusion, doctors are advising people to
word or phrase from the rest of the sentence. make sure they exercise at least 20 minutes a day.
A comma is used to separate an appositive from Washington, the first president of the United
the rest of the sentence. States, was a clever military leader.
An appositive is a word or group of words that
renames a noun before it and provides additional
information about the noun.
A comma is sometimes used with adjective A Brief History of Time, which was written by
clauses. An adjective clause usually begins with Steven Hawking, is an introduction to physics for
a relative pronoun (who, that, which, whom, readers new to the subject.
whose, whoever, or whomever).
Use a comma when the information in the clause
is unnecessary or extra. (This is also called a
nonrestrictive clause.)
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