Practical Punctuation Course ( PPC)

Practical Punctuation Course ( PPC), available at $34.99, has an average rating of 4.7, with 73 lectures, based on 10 reviews, and has 30 subscribers.

You will learn about Learn about terminal punctuation: Periods, question marks, exclamation point etc Learn about punctuation within sentences: Apostrophe, brackets, colon, semicolon, commas, dash, ellipsis etcis, quotation mark Spacing and Breaks: paragraph breaks, white spaces and spacing Typography: Ampersand, asterisks, Bullets, emotional and emojis, slashes and strike through How to use semicolon Learn purpose of paragraph break Understand the rhetoric of spacing Learn about direct quptations Using parenthesis correctly Use and misuse of colon Using brackets with parenthesis How to use apostrophe to mark contractions How to use apostrophe with single nouns How to use apostrophe when two or more nouns possess the same thing This course is ideal for individuals who are Everybody, students, teachers, English learners, language professionals, managers, consultants, CEO, Lawyers, doctors, instructors etc. It is particularly useful for Everybody, students, teachers, English learners, language professionals, managers, consultants, CEO, Lawyers, doctors, instructors etc.

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Title: Practical Punctuation Course ( PPC)

Price: $34.99

Average Rating: 4.7

Number of Lectures: 73

Number of Published Lectures: 73

Number of Curriculum Items: 73

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 73

Original Price: $89.99

Quality Status: approved

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What You Will Learn

Learn about terminal punctuation: Periods, question marks, exclamation point etc
Learn about punctuation within sentences: Apostrophe, brackets, colon, semicolon, commas, dash, ellipsis etcis, quotation mark
Spacing and Breaks: paragraph breaks, white spaces and spacing
Typography: Ampersand, asterisks, Bullets, emotional and emojis, slashes and strike through
How to use semicolon
Learn purpose of paragraph break
Understand the rhetoric of spacing
Learn about direct quptations
Using parenthesis correctly
Use and misuse of colon
Using brackets with parenthesis
How to use apostrophe to mark contractions
How to use apostrophe with single nouns
How to use apostrophe when two or more nouns possess the same thing

Who Should Attend

Everybody, students, teachers, English learners, language professionals, managers, consultants, CEO, Lawyers, doctors, instructors etc.

Target Audiences

Everybody, students, teachers, English learners, language professionals, managers, consultants, CEO, Lawyers, doctors, instructors etc.

Punctuation is a set of marks that regulate and clarifies the meanings of different texts, The term punctuation has originated from the Medieval Latin word punctuation which means marking or signs. The purpose of the punctuation is to clarify the meaning of texts by linking or separating words, phrases, or clauses. For example, the sentence ” Yesterday, rain-fog; frost-mist. But how fascinating each” hyphens are used to separate the compound words, while commas are used to separate the phrases. There are basic punctuation marks in English language. These include the period, comma, exclamation point, question mark, colon. semicolon, bullet point, dash, hyphen, parenthesis, bracket, quotation marks, ellipsis and apostrophe. The challenge among even English writers and language professionals is how to apply the punctuation at the relevant place so that the communication can flow orderly as expected by readers and listeners. The most important issue here is how we can all use punctuation carefully so the communication can effective and have the necessary impact. Punctuation can make an enormous difference in the meaning of whatever it is you are writing, let face it proper punctuation can make or break the impact of an otherwise well- constructed sentences.

Punctuation primarily helps to indicate the pauses and the emphasis on certain ideas or thought that are discussed in the text. Particularly, in academic writing, it is essential to accurately use punctuation as it help to strengthen arguments that are made in the text. The correct punctuation in written English helps you articulate the ideas clearly, accurately and foster understand of your message. Marks of punctuation play very important role in giving intended meaning to the language.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: What is punctuation

Lecture 3: Rules of punctuation

Chapter 2: Terminal Punctuation : Periods ( Full Stop)

Lecture 1: Definition of period

Lecture 2: History of usage

Lecture 3: Purpose of period

Lecture 4: Correct and incorrect use

Lecture 5: Falling out of favor

Chapter 3: Terminal Punctuation : Question Mark

Lecture 1: Definition of question mark

Lecture 2: History of question mark

Lecture 3: Purpose of question mark

Lecture 4: Correct and incorrect use of question mark

Lecture 5: A question within an indirect question

Lecture 6: Conversation mark

Chapter 4: Terminal Punctuation : Exclamation Points / Marks

Lecture 1: Definition of exclamation points

Lecture 2: History of exclamation points

Lecture 3: Purpose of exclamation points

Lecture 4: Rules for using exclamation marks

Lecture 5: When to omit exclamation point

Chapter 5: Punctuation Within Sentences : Apostrophes

Lecture 1: Definition of apostrophes

Lecture 2: How to use apostrophes to make contractions

Lecture 3: How to use apostrophes to with single nouns

Lecture 4: How to use apostrophes with plural nouns

Lecture 5: How to use apostrophes when two or more nouns posses the same thing

Lecture 6: Do not use apostrophes with possessive nouns

Lecture 7: Do not use an apostrophe to form a plural

Chapter 6: Punctuation Within Sentences : Bracket

Lecture 1: How to use bracket correctly

Lecture 2: Using brackets in quotes

Lecture 3: Using brackets with parenthesis

Chapter 7: Punctuation Within Sentences : Colon

Lecture 1: Definition of colon

Lecture 2: History of colon

Lecture 3: Purpose of colon

Lecture 4: Use and Misuse of colon

Lecture 5: Linking equal ideas

Chapter 8: Punctuation Within Sentences : Comma

Lecture 1: What is comma

Lecture 2: In a series

Lecture 3: After an introductory clause

Lecture 4: To set of phrases

Chapter 9: Punctuation Within Sentences: Dash

Lecture 1: What is dash

Lecture 2: Origins of dash

Lecture 3: The En Dash

Lecture 4: The Em dash

Lecture 5: Thought on the dash

Chapter 10: Punctuation Within Sentences : Diacritic Marks

Lecture 1: Purpose of diacritic marks

Lecture 2: Diacritic mark in English

Lecture 3: Diacritic in foreign language

Chapter 11: Punctuation Within Sentences : Ellipsis

Lecture 1: Examples and observation

Lecture 2: original sentence

Lecture 3: More tips on using ellipsis points

Chapter 12: Punctuation Within Sentences : Parenthesis

Lecture 1: Definition and origin of parenthesis

Lecture 2: Using parenthesis correctly

Chapter 13: Punctuation Within Sentence : Quotation Marks

Lecture 1: What is quotation marks

Lecture 2: Direct quotation

Lecture 3: Quotation within quotation

Lecture 4: Other marks of punctuation within quotation

Chapter 14: Punctuation Within Sentence : Semi Colon

Lecture 1: Rules and usage

Lecture 2: How to use semi colon

Chapter 15: Spacing And Break : Paragraph breaks

Lecture 1: What is paragraph breaks

Lecture 2: Using paragraph breaks correctly

Lecture 3: Thought on paragraph breaks

Chapter 16: Spacing And Breaks : Whites Spaces And Spacing

Lecture 1: Definition of spacing

Lecture 2: Spacing as punctuation

Lecture 3: The rhetoric of spacing

Chapter 17: Typography

Lecture 1: Ampersands

Lecture 2: Asterisks

Lecture 3: Bullets

Lecture 4: Emoticons and emojis

Lecture 5: Slashes

Lecture 6: Strike through

Chapter 18: How To Read For Punctuation And Grammar Mistakes

Lecture 1: Catching errors in your own work

Lecture 2: Correcting punctuation

Lecture 3: Eliminating grammar errors

Lecture 4: Proofreading for stylistic problems

Instructors

Eric Yeboah
MBA/ PGDip

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