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Punctuation with Confidence

Commas, semicolons and apostrophes, and how they change meaning.

Available now 22 lessons 1,166 practice questions About 3 hours

What this course is

Every mark in English, one lesson at a time, from the full stop to the ampersand. Built like the other courses: the mistake, the correction, the Golden Rule, worked examples, a memory trick, and fifty-three questions across six kinds of practice.

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Where a Sentence EndsFree
The Comma SpliceFree

Every lesson in it

The whole course, in order. Each line is the sentence that lesson is about — the correction, the rule behind it and the practice are inside.

  1. 1Where a Sentence EndsI waited for an hour the bus never came.
  2. 2The Comma SpliceThe lecture was dull, nobody admitted it.
  3. 3Capital Lettersmy uncle teaches odia at a school in cuttack.
  4. 4The Question MarkShe asked me where the admission office was?
  5. 5Commas in a ListShe packed towels soap a torch and two candles.
  6. 6The Comma After an OpenerAfter the rain stopped the children came out to play.
  7. 7Commas Around Extra InformationThe watchmaker who works near the crossing has closed his shop.
  8. 8That and WhichThe mangoes, that were bruised, went into the pickle jar.
  9. 9The Comma Before And, But, SoI met my brother and his wife arrived an hour later.
  10. 10Commas That Do Not BelongThe barber near the temple, cuts hair for forty rupees.
  11. 11The Apostrophe for PossessionThe players kit bags were left in the changing room.
  12. 12Its and It'sThe clock had stopped, and it's hands pointed at four.
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  1. 13Apostrophes That Do Not BelongFresh mango's and banana's sold here.
  2. 14The SemicolonThe hall was full, the doors were shut early.
  3. 15The ColonThe kit should contain: a torch, rope and a whistle.
  4. 16The Dash and the HyphenShe interviewed a well known writer and a twenty year old poet.
  5. 17BracketsPlease bring (your form and two photographs.)
  6. 18Quotation MarksAsha said "i will be there by six."
  7. 19Inside or Outside the QuotesDid she really say "I am ready."?
  8. 20Titles and CapitalsThe Wind In The Willows
  9. 21The Exclamation MarkCongratulations!!! You have passed!!!
  10. 22The Ellipsis, Slash and AmpersandHe waited, and waited....

How you practise it

Every lesson is followed by six kinds of question rather than one, because a single format is a thing you learn to game rather than a thing you learn.

1Multiple choice Four options, one right, and the reason underneath either way.
2Spot the error A sentence with something wrong in it. Find it before you are told.
3Fill the gap The word that belongs, typed rather than picked from a list.
4Match the pair Rules against examples, until the pairing is obvious.
5Order the words A scrambled sentence put back the way English actually builds it.
6True or false Quick, and unforgiving of a rule you only half remember.

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