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Tefl article - TEFL Punctuation ? Another Hurdle For The Learner Of English, Or A Dying Art? #417 - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, stop. They are designed to help readers to make sense of the written word. Punctuation herds words together, keeps others apart. Their placement, or absence, can vastly change the meaning of a phrase, this is the basis of all those ?I?m sorry, I?ll read that again? jokes. Think of the difference to meaning the punctuation marks make in the following examples: Go get him, surgeonsORGo, get him surgeons What is this thing called, love?ORWhat is this thing called love? He shot himself as a childORHe shot, himself, as a child A woman, without her man, is nothing. OR A woman, without her, man is nothing. My son, if sinners entice thee consent thee, not refraining... [Read more]
Punctuation – Another Hurdle For The Learner Of English, Or A Dying Art? Lynne Zac - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, stop. They are designed to help readers to make sense of the written word. Punctuation herds words together, keeps others apart. Their placement, or absence, can vastly change the meaning of a phrase, this is the basis of all those “I’m sorry, I’ll read that again†jokes.Think of the difference to meaning the punctuation marks make in the following examples: Go get him, surgeonsORGo, get him surgeonsWhat is this thing called, love'ORWhat is this thing called love'He shot himself as a childORHe shot, himself, as a childA woman, without her man, is nothing. OR A woman, without her, man is nothing.My son, if sinners entice thee consent thee, not... [Read more]