1. 1 Pertemuan 2 Punctuation Matakuliah: G1192/Writing 1 Tahun: 2006-2007 Versi: 6

2. 2 Learning Outcomes Pada akhir pertemuan ini, diharapkan mahasiswa akan mampu : Menggunakan tanda baca dalam kalimat dengan benar

3. 3 Outline Materi The Period (.) The Comma(,) The Semicolon(;) The colon(:) The exclamation mark(!) The question mark (?) The apostrophe (’) Quotation mark (“…”) Dashes (-) Hyphen (We will not discuss all of the above, but only the ones that are important for you to know at this stage.)

4. 4 The Period Is also called a full stop Ends a sentence Used between letters in abbreviations (i.e., a.s.a.p., U.N.H.C.R.) Used after titles (Mr., Mrs., Prof., Dr.)

5. 5 Common mistakes A period is needed to end a sentence, but many students often neglect it. As a result, the following kinds of sentences appear: –My brother is a doctor he lives in Meruya His wife is also a doctor. –The sky looks dark in the west, it seems like raining there.

6. 6 The first sentence has the following ideas: –My brother is a doctor –He and his wife live in Meruya –His wife is also a doctor It would be better to combine/separate them as such: –My brother and his wife are doctors. They live in Meruya.

7. 7 The second sentence: –The sky looks dark in the west, it seems like raining there. The use of comma is wrong here, because both parts of the sentence are complete sentences (It is called a run-on sentence). So it should be separated by a period: –The sky looks dark in the west. It seems like raining there.

8. 8 The comma A comma separated items in a list. –I bought coffee, tea, sugar and detergent. –He did his homework, put his clothes in the washing machine, and went to bed. Separate independent and dependent clauses –When he came in, he saw a big cat eating his dinner. Set off more information –Mr. Rufus, my Math teacher, is very strict.

9. 9 The Semicolon 1.Use a semicolon to join related sentences together. The festival is very popular; people from all over the world visit each year. 2. Use a semicolon in lists that already have commas. The three biggest cities in Canada are Toronto, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec; and Vancouver, B.C.

10. 10 The Colon 1. Use a colon to introduce a list of things. There are three positions in hockey: goalie, defence, and forward. 2.Use a colon to introduce a long quotation. The prime minister said: "We will fight. We will not give up. We will win the next election."

11. 11 Apostrophe 1. Use an apostrophe to show ownership of something. –This is David's computer. These are the player's things. (things that belong to the player) –Note: For nouns in plural form, put the apostrophe at the end of the noun. These are the players' things. (things that belong to the players) 2. Use an apostrophe to show letters that have been left out of a word. I don't know how to fix it.

12. 12 Common mistakes: –Thank’s God. –The dog bit it’s own tail. The correct sentences: –Thank God! –The dog bit its own tail.

13. 13 The Quotation mark Used to indicate direct speech: –“Hello. How are you?” Jane asked me. –“I can come today,” she said, “but not tomorrow.” To set off a term, or a word, a quotation, or a phrase. –“metro-sexual males” is the term used for men who pay a great deal of attention to their looks.

14. 14 Conclusions When you write, not only your writing needs to be interesting but also to be CORRECT. Punctuation is an important part of writing correctly. Mistakes in punctuation or ignoring punctuation marks can confuse the readers.