Punctuation by Terttu Niskanen https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk en-us 2018-02-04 18:32:47 UTC 2026-01-24 00:01:31 UTC hello@padlet.com 14. https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/228008941
Gourmets, and aren't we all gourmets, will particularly enjoy the marinated quail.
Gourmets - and aren't we all gourmets - will particularly enjoy the marinated quail.
Gourmets - and aren't we all gourmets? - will particularly enjoy the marinated quail.]]> 2018-02-05 09:01:34 UTC https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/228008941 8. Thoridyss https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/228008982 The trend toward specialization is very clear, particularly in the professions (see Table 2).
The trend toward specialization is very clear, particularly in the professions: see Table 2.

]]> 2018-02-05 09:01:45 UTC https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/228008982 7. https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/228008989 The miner, his face covered in mud, climbed slowly out. 
COMMENT: an apposition (=description of the miner/extra information on the miner) is separated from the word "miner".]]> 2018-02-05 09:01:47 UTC https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/228008989 6. https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/228009166 It was found, however, that most of the liquid could not be absorbed.
COMMENT: linking word showing an contrasting idea is separated with a comma.]]> 2018-02-05 09:02:40 UTC https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/228009166 11. After their long walk, the boys' noses were red with cold. https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/228009358 FIRST COMMENT: introductory element at the beginning of the sentence is separated with a comma.
SECOND COMMENT: the boys have noses and as they are more than one nose, there must be more than one boy. For this reason, it's "boys' noses".]]> 2018-02-05 09:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/228009358 13. https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/228009388 The car left the road rolled down the bank,turned over several times,hit a free and then burst into flames
COMMENT: there is a list of actions the car did, separated with a comma. If you want, you can add one more comma: ... hit a tree, and then burst into flames]]> 2018-02-05 09:03:32 UTC https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/228009388 3. As well as being an excellent basketball player, the girl was also a member of the winning squash team. https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/228009420 COMMENT: Introductory element is usually separated with a comma from the rest of the sentence. The introductory element is here an apposition (=describes the subject of the sentence, the girl). ]]> 2018-02-05 09:03:43 UTC https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/228009420 12 https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/228009439 It's not easy to isolate its cause, but we think it's due to the torrential rain we had recently.
COMMENT: the meaning changes when you use /don't use apostrophes: it's = it is, its = this is used when you refer to the owner]]> 2018-02-05 09:03:47 UTC https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/228009439 9. Once daylight came, we thought we were safe; however, this was not the case. https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/228009481 COMMENT: introductory element (now it is a dependent clause) is separated from the main clause with a comma. That's why we write "Once daylight came, we thought..."

SECOND COMMENT: Independent main clauses need be separated with a semicolon (;). Do not use a comma (,) only! That's not good!

THIRD COMMENT:  There is yet another introductory element (=however) that is separated from the rest of the second independent main clause with a comma.

FOURTH COMMENT: You can divide the story into two sentences. See the following:
Once daylight came, we thought we were safe. However, this was not the case.]]> 2018-02-05 09:03:58 UTC https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/228009481 5. https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/228009494 Instead, Chambers (1988) suggests the importance of the genetic influence in determining the antecedents.

FIRST COMMENT: Introductory element (=the linking word "instead") starts the main clause -> is usually separated with a comma from the rest of the sentence.
SECOND COMMENT: Chambers wrote something in 1998. The in-text citation requires brackets round the publication year.

]]> 2018-02-05 09:04:03 UTC https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/228009494 10. Keats' poem "To Autumn" is possibly the greatest evocation of that season ever written. https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/228009722 Keats is the name of the writer. It is a plural form - similar to the boys - so the possessive form is Keats' - similar to the boys'



]]> 2018-02-05 09:04:56 UTC https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/228009722 13.The car left the road, rolled down the bank, turned over several times, hit a free and then burst into flames. https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/228010027 FIRST COMMENT: there is a list of actions the car did. They are separated with a comma. 
SECOND COMMENT: Want to use one more comma? By all means! Put it here: ... hit a tree, and then burst into flames.]]> 2018-02-05 09:06:10 UTC https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/228010027 https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/228010174 4. The point is, according to my understanding, that we should move quickly.

COMMENT: there is extra information "according to my understanding" which is separated with a comma from the rest of the sentence. ]]> 2018-02-05 09:06:47 UTC https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/228010174 15. It was a rather hit-or-miss affair; we found to our horror that we were expected to provide the entertainment as well. https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/228011366 FIRST COMMENT: hit-or-miss -> the words define the word "affair" and form one entity; that is why there are hyphens in between (compare a similar case such as "a three-year-old baby girl
SECOND COMMENT: independent main clauses need be separated with a semicolon (;). Do not use a comma (,) only! That's not good!

ALSO POSSIBLE: It was a rather hit-or-miss affair;  we found, to our horror, that we were expected to provide the entertainment as well.

]]> 2018-02-05 09:11:54 UTC https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/228011366 1. … to everyone's disadvantage. terttu_niskanen https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/326163707 2019-01-31 08:19:21 UTC https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/326163707 2. All of these books are to be catalogued: the ones on geology, natural history, philosophy(,) and scientific method. terttu_niskanen https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/326163813
FIRST COMMENT: the items of the list are separated with commas. The last comma is optional.


SECOND COMMENT: a colon is used to indicate that a list follows.]]> 2019-01-31 08:19:48 UTC https://padlet.com/terttu_niskanen/d4ey2in6lndk/wish/326163813