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Guide to Punctuation
Introduction
Why Learn to Punctuate?
The Full Stop, the Question Mark and the Exclamation Mark
The Comma
The Colon and the Semicolon
The Colon
The Semicolon
The Colon and the Semicolon Compared
The Apostrophe
The Hyphen and the Dash
Capital Letters and Abbreviations
Quotations
Miscellaneous
Punctuating Essays and Letters
Bibliography
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The Colon and the Semicolon
Guide to Punctuation
Introduction
Why Learn to Punctuate?
The Full Stop, the Question Mark and the Exclamation Mark
The Comma
The Colon and the Semicolon
The Colon
The Semicolon
The Colon and the Semicolon Compared
The Apostrophe
The Hyphen and the Dash
Capital Letters and Abbreviations
Quotations
Miscellaneous
Punctuating Essays and Letters
Bibliography
The Colon and the Semicolon
The Colon
The Semicolon
The Colon and the Semicolon Compared
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