1. PUNCTUATION : Making your message clear

2. PUNCTUATION : MAKING YOUR MESSAGE CLEAR

3. Dear John, I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind, thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no feelings whatsoever when we’re apart. I can be forever happy. Will you let me be yours? Gloria Dear John, I want a man who knows what love is. All about you are generous, kind, thoughtful people, who are not like you. Admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me. For other men, I yearn. For you, I have no feelings whatsoever. When we’re apart, I can be forever happy. Will you let me be? Yours, Gloria

4. PUNCTUATION : MAKING YOUR MESSAGE CLEAR Is your message heard and understood?

5. PUNCTUATION : MAKING YOUR MESSAGE CLEAR What did the two “Dear John” letters have in common? How were the two “Dear John” letters different?

6. PUNCTUATION : MAKING YOUR MESSAGE CLEAR Dear John, I want a man who knows what love is. All about you are generous, kind, thoughtful people, who are not like you. Admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me. For other men, I yearn. For you, I have no feelings whatsoever. When we’re apart, I can be forever happy. Will you let me be? Yours, Gloria

7. PUNCTUATION : MAKING YOUR MESSAGE CLEAR Dear John, I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind, thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no feelings whatsoever when we’re apart. I can be forever happy. Will you let me be yours? Gloria

8. PUNCTUATION : MAKING YOUR MESSAGE CLEAR Dear John, I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind, thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no feelings whatsoever when we’re apart. I can be forever happy. Will you let me be yours? Gloria Dear John, I want a man who knows what love is. All about you are generous, kind, thoughtful people, who are not like you. Admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me. For other men, I yearn. For you, I have no feelings whatsoever. When we’re apart, I can be forever happy. Will you let me be? Yours, Gloria

9. P UNCTUATION : T HE C OMMA

10. Commas make sentences clear. Commas can also change the message a sentence conveys.

11. PUNCTUATION: THE COMMA Examine the next two sentences, and explain how the meaning changes with the addition of the comma. Slow ducks are crossing the street. Slow, ducks are crossing the street.

12. P UNCTUATION : T HE C OMMA Examine the next two sentences, and explain how the meaning is more clear with the addition of the comma. When we stopped to eat my dog drank a bowl of water. When we stopped to eat, my dog drank a bowl of water.