Sophia Learning
Sophia: Capitalization in Sentences
Six slides introducing the rules of using capitalization correctly within sentences. Capitalization rules for sentences with colons and semicolons are also included.
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Sandhills Community College: Punctuation Guide
Lists, defines and describes the uses of many elements of English punctuation, including the period, comma, semicolon, colon, apostrophe, quotation, hyphen, and dash. Includes several examples.
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Frequently Asked Questions Concerning Punctuation
This site provides the answers to six frequently asked questions regarding punctuation. For example, "Should I use a comma before AND in a series?" The question "Do commas and periods go inside our outside the closing quotation mark?" is...
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: The King's English: Punctuation
This is the Punctuation chapter from H.W. Fowler's The King?s English, 2nd ed. (1908), which provides the rules of use for British English punctuation in the early 20th century. Many of these rules still apply.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Punctuation (English I Writing)
Learn proofreading techniques to use in checking for correct punctuation.
Other
Tidewater Community College Writing Center: Practical Punctuation Guide
This site contains practical and useful information about the following: commas, semicolons, colons, dashes, parentheses and brackets, ellipsis points, quotation marks, and apostrophes. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.2
University of Victoria (Canada)
The U Vic Writer's Guide: Knowing the Basics of Grammar
This grammar tutorial for college students features help on verb agreement, the use of semicolons, sentence structure, and more.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: 11.1: Punctuation
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explanations and examples that demonstrate how to identify and correctly use commas with coordinating conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions, and introductory...
Harvard University
Harvard Writing Center: Tips on Grammar, Punctuation and Style
Rather than lists of rules, this site provides practical advice on the use of commas, semicolons, dashes, hyphens, abbreviations, acronyms, split infinitives, "this," "that," italics, and underlining. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.2
ACT360 Media
Writing Den: Punctuation
A brief description of the rules, usage, and examples of the each type of punctuation used when building a sentence.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Standard Punctuation Power Point
Learn about using end marks, commas, semicolons, and apostrophes correctly. Practice identifying correct usage in questions that could be found on standardized tests.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Capitalization in Sentences
This video lesson focuses on the use of capital letters in sentences including the following: after a colon, after a semicolon, titles, and lower case proper nouns at the beginning of sentences (eg. iPod). She also offers a memory trick...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Quotations Within Quotations: Lesson 4
This lesson introduces the punctuation rules for including a quotation within a quotation. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Quotations within Quotations."