Punctuation in English Author: Lukina K.S. Teacher: Konovalova T. A. School: GBOU SOSH №1367 2013

The Goal of the Research is

to understand the place of punctuation

The tasks are

to learn books and articles on punctuation,
to look

The subject of the research is punctuation marks; the object is

What is Punctuation?

Punctuation is “the marks used to divide a piece

Punctuation marks:

Apostrophe '
Round brackets ( )
Square brackets [ ]
Colon

Apostrophe ' is used

to indicate possession
the children's books,
the guards'

Round brackets ( ) is used:

for additional information or explanation
1)

Square brackets [ ] are used :

for editorial information, etc
1) To

Colon ( : ) is used :

before a list, summary or

Semi-colon( ; ) is used :

to separate independent clauses not joined

Comma ( , ) is used

between a list of three or

Comma ( , ) is used :

to give additional information
To indicate

Comma ( , ) is used :

for opening phrases, conjunctive verbs,

Comma ( , ) is used :

in address or quotation
And then

Hyphen (-) is used

with some prefixes and suffixes
pre-Christmas,
under-weight
to form

Dash (--) is used

for emphasis
The book was great — a really

Ellipsis (…) are used

to indicate missing words in a quotation
"the sight

Quotation marks (″ ″) are used

for direct speech
Janet asked, "Why can't

Question Mark ( ?) is used

to end direct questions, requiring a

Exclamation Mark ( ! ) is used

To add emphasis to the

Full Stop ( . ) is used

To end all

Double Quotation Marks ( “ ” ) are used:
to set

Single Quotation Mark ( ‘ ’ ) is used:

to set off

Practical Part

The results show that the level of knowledge of punctuation

Сonclusion of Practical Work

“Moon and Sixpence”
by W. Somerset Maugham.

The frequency of using of punctuation marks in “Moon and Sixpence”