Review of Punctuation


Here are some optional resources for studying, reviewing, and practicing punctuation—in particular commas! While these resources are optional, your work and results will be recorded.

BAO refers to Alred, Gerald J, Charles T. Brusaw, Walter E. Oliu. Handbook of Technical Writing, 6th ed. New York: St. Martin, 2000. ISBN: 0-312-19804-3. No problem if you have the 5th edition; entries are the same.

Commas
  • BAO: Commas, Punctuation, Restrictive/nonrestrictive elements, Sentence types

  • Rules for Comma Usage. From the Guide to Grammar and Writing, Capital Community College (Norfolk, Connecticut).

  • Punctuation. See a draft chapter of Power Tools for Technical Writing by David A. McMurrey published by Heinle in 2001 (ISBN 0155068989).

  • Compound sentences. From The Elements of Style.

  • Punctuation Between Two Independent Clauses. From the Guide to Grammar and Writing.

  • From the online technical writing resource made available by David McMurrey, read the section on compound-element commas.

  • Use these exercises to get some practice applying the compound-element comma rule.

  • From the online technical writing resource made available by David McMurrey, read the section on introductory-element commas.

  • Use these exercises to get some practice applying the introductory-element comma rule.

  • Series comma. From the classic 1918 The Elements of Style text by William Strunk, Jr. (1869–1946).

  • From the online technical writing resource made available by David McMurrey, read the section on series-element commas.

  • Use these exercises to get some practice applying the series-element comma rule.

  • Parenthetical expressions. From The Elements of Style.

  • From the online technical writing resource made available by David McMurrey, read the section on restrictive-element commas.

  • Use the following exercises to get some practice applying the restrictive-element comma rule.

  • Use these exercises to get some practice applying all the comma rules.

Semicolons
  • BAO: Colon, Semicolon

  • From the online technical writing resource made available by David McMurrey, read the section on semicolons.

  • Punctuation. See a draft chapter of Power Tools for Technical Writing by David A. McMurrey published by Heinle in 2001 (ISBN 0155068989).

  • Use these exercises to get some practice using semicolons.

Colons
  • BAO: Colon, Semicolon

  • From the online technical writing resource made available by David McMurrey, read the section on colons.

  • Punctuation. See a draft chapter of Power Tools for Technical Writing by David A. McMurrey published by Heinle in 2001 (ISBN 0155068989).

  • Use these exercises to get some practice using colons.

Hyphens
  • BAO: Compound words, Dash, Hyphen

  • From the online technical writing resource made available by David McMurrey, read the section on hyphens.

  • Punctuation. See a draft chapter of Power Tools for Technical Writing by David A. McMurrey published by Heinle in 2001 (ISBN 0155068989).

  • Use these exercises to get some practice using hyphens.

Dashes
  • BAO: Dash, Hyphen

  • Punctuation. See a draft chapter of Power Tools for Technical Writing by David A. McMurrey published by Heinle in 2001 (ISBN 0155068989).

  • Use these exercises to get some practice using dashes.

Other Marks of Punctuation
  • BAO: Apostrophes, Brackets, Period, Ellipses, Exclamation point, Parentheses, Question mark, Quotation marks, Slash

  • Punctuation. See a draft chapter of Power Tools for Technical Writing by David A. McMurrey published by Heinle in 2001 (ISBN 0155068989).

  • Punctuation Marks (other than commas), from the Guide to Grammar and Writing, Capital Community College (Norfolk, Connecticut)

Punctuation Review
  • Use these exercises to get some practice using all the marks of punctuation covered in this unit (commas, semicolons, colons, dashes, hyphens).



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