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Polishing Up Your
Punctuation
KNOWING WHEN TO STOP
Writing it incorrectly
My name is Marion Field I’m a freelance writer and I
write articles for various magazines I live near several
motorways so I can easily drive around the country
to do my research the airport is also near me I love
travelling and I’ve visited many different parts of the
world this gives me the opportunity to write travel
articles I enjoy taking photographs.
There are no full stops in the above passage so it would be
very difficult to read.
Without full stops, writing would make little sense.
Writing it correctly
The correct version with full stops follows.
My name is Marion Field. I’m a freelance writer and I
write articles for various magazines. I live near several
motorways so I can easily drive around the country to
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