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What is the importance of punctuation?


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Punctuation is essential, and is used to convey and clarify the meaning of written language. Getting punctuation wrong can change the entire meaning of a sentence. Punctuation primarily helps to indicate the pauses and the emphasis on certain ideas or thoughts that are discussed in the text.

  • The comma is one of the most misused of the common punctuation marks, probably because it has so many technical uses: a comma acts to separate subordinate clauses from the main sentence clause.
  • A comma splice is a comma which separates two independent clauses which should be separated by another form of punctuation

For example

  • The audience did not enjoy the movie, they felt the story was unrealistic.
  • The audience did not enjoy the story because they felt the story was unrealistic.

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