Punctuation Basics （Linclon University, 2011）

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1、Library,TeachingandLearningAcademicWritingSkillsPunctuationBasics2011LincolnUniversityWhyworryaboutpunctuation?Punctuationhelpsthereadertounderstandthemeaningofyoursentences.Inthisbookletyouwillfindoutaboutsomeofthebasicsofpunctuation,especiallyaspectswhichareimportantinacademicwriting.Punctuations

2、tylesvary.Youwillfind,forinstance,thatsome“rules”inAmericanusagedifferfromthoseinBritishusage.Whicheverstyleyouchoosetofollow,useitconsistently.InthisbookletwehavefollowedtheguidelinesoutlinedintheNewZealandpublicationWriteEditPrint:Style1ManualforAotearoa/NewZealand(LincolnUniversityPress,1997).Con

3、tentsPageCapitalLetters…4Fullstops…5Commas…6Semicolons…10Colons…11Apostrophes…12Quotationmarks…14Parentheses…16Brackets…17Dashes…18UsefulReferences…191Forsimplicity,mostofsamplesentencesinthisbooklethavenotbeenindividuallyreferenced.SentencescontainingdirectquoteshavebeenreferencedtoillustrateAPAref

4、erencingconventions.AllquotedandparaphrasedmaterialisfromWorldResources1994-5(WorldResourcesInstitute,1994).2CapitallettersCapitallettersareusedfor:1.Thefirstletterofapropernoun(e.g.nameofpersonorplace)Forexample,CanterburySmithNovember2.Referringtooneselfas“I”3.Thefirstwordofasentence4.Themainwords

5、intitlesForexample,TheParliamentaryCommissionerfortheEnvironmenthasannouncedanewprogrammetoencourageenergyefficiency.TheSustainableEnergyConferencewillbeheldinNovember.5.Thebeginningofaquote,ifitisafullsentenceForexample,TheUnitedStatescommented,"Procedurally,webelievethatthehastyanddisjointedapproa

6、chtothepreparationoftheconventionhasdepriveddelegationsoftheabilitytoconsiderthetextasawholebeforeadoption"(Barber,1994,p.156).3FullStopsFullstopsareused:1.Attheendofasentence22.Inabbreviations(a)Donotusefullstopsafter:•SymbolsorunitsofmeasurementForexample,sqmmin(minute)°Ckmhr(hour)p(probability)•A

7、cronyms(awordformedfromthefirstletterofeachwordofthenameofanorganisationetc.)Forexample,ASEANUNESCONATO(TheseacronymscanalsobewrittenasAsean,Unesco,andNato.Bothformsareacceptable–chooseoneanduseitcons