Are your young learners comfortable using apostrophes, commas, and hyphens? Even native speakers of English need a little help with punctuation from time to time. In honor of National Punctuation Day (September 24, 2015) the editor for Sprout English and ESL Library has collected all our past punctuation posts into one handy reference list.
Apostrophe
Forming the Possessive of Words Ending in -S
Teaching Tips on They’re, Their, and There
Teaching Tips on You’re and Your
Teaching Tips: Who’s Vs. Whose
Comma
Commas in Independent & Dependent Clauses
In Defence of the Serial Comma
Adjective Order and Punctuation
However: 7 Sentence Positions & 2 Uses
Hyphen
When to Use Hyphens: Rules for Multiple-Word Adjectives
Em Dash
En Dash
Parenthesis
Punctuation Rules: Parentheses
Semicolon
However: 7 Sentence Positions & 2 Uses
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