{"id":14926,"date":"2016-10-07T21:40:03","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T16:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/blog\/?p=14926"},"modified":"2016-10-12T16:56:57","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T11:26:57","slug":"how-to-use-punctuation-effectively-a-complete-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/blog\/how-to-use-punctuation-effectively-a-complete-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use punctuation effectively &#8211; A complete guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In this article of English with Internshala, you will learn the ropes of effective punctuation in the English language. With the help of handpicked YouTube videos, we&#8217;ll focus on the different forms of punctuation and how you can use them effectively. However, before you do that, take this <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/YmA10vkt6bATlGs33\" target=\"_blank\">quick quiz<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to test your understanding of the punctuation rules and see where you stand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Let&#8217;s start watching the videos of the YouTube Channel\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCBdPPvPFA7PY0QAUIwXyJAA\" target=\"_blank\">Punctuation Nation<\/a>. The first couple of videos explain the types of sentences and clauses present in the English language and how we can effectively use a comma on the basis of those sentences\/clauses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W82ikGE4KbM?&amp;cc_load_policy=1\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zSm1_vZRMt8?cc_load_policy=1\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This third video explains the difference in the usage of a<strong> colon<\/strong> and a <strong>semicolon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A7ZL_N5ef-c\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The last video sheds light on the usage of some other forms of punctuation like <strong>apostrophes<\/strong>, <strong>brackets<\/strong>, <strong>parentheses<\/strong> etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hE4cueQJ2pM?&amp;cc_load_policy=1\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Extra-read<\/strong>: Check out Oatmeal&#8217;s comic strips on how one should an <a href=\"http:\/\/theoatmeal.com\/comics\/apostrophe\" target=\"_blank\">apostrophe<\/a> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/theoatmeal.com\/comics\/semicolon\" target=\"_blank\">semicolon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We hope this was helpful. 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