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Punctuation

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Commas

The comma - The University of Bristol

The comma splice - University of Bristol

 

Apostrophe

The aprostrophe - The punctuation guide

Apostrophes (elementary to intermediate) - Factsheet  UNE

The aprostrophe - University of Bristol

Quotation

Quotation marks - The punctuation guide

Exercise on quotation marks - OWL, Purdue

Semi-colon

Semi-colon (elementary to intermediate) - Factsheet  UNE

Semi-colons - The punctuation guide

The semi-colon - University of Bristol

Colon

The colon - The punctuation guide

The colon - University of Bristol

Brackets & Parentheses

The difference between brackets & parentheses - Lexico, Oxford

Brackets - The punctuation guide

Parentheses - The punctuation guide

Punctuation Excercise

Test your punctuation skills (intermediate, advanced) -  Grammar monster

Exercises on punctuation (intermediate, advanced) -  Learn English

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