Punctuation
The function and placement of each mark of punctuation, from the comma and the apostrophe to the dash, the ellipsis, and the slash, ordered by mark.
Period
Comma
- comma
- absolute phrases: comma use
- adjectives: comma use
- appositives: comma use
- comma before a coordinating conjunction
- comma splice / run-on sentence
- comma with however
- comma with introductory elements
- comma with nonrestrictive clauses
- comma with quotation marks
- commas between subjects, verbs, objects, and complements
- commas in lists
- commas to prevent misreading
- commas with dates, addresses, and place-names
- commas with other punctuation
- commas with quoted speech
- compound predicates: comma use
- contrasting phrases: comma use
- direct address: commas around a name or title
- greetings and closings: comma use
- names, suffixes, and credentials: comma use
- omitted words: when to use a comma
- opening interjections: comma after yes, no, oh, and well
- Oxford comma (serial comma)
- parenthetical elements: when to use commas
- participial phrases: comma use
- prepositional phrases: when to use commas
- question tags: comma use
- subordinate clauses: when to use a comma
Also covers commas (10)
Semicolon
Colon
- colon
- colon after an independent clause
- colon and semicolon with quotation marks
- colon before lists
- colon with quotations and subtitles
Also covers colons (2)
Question Mark
- question mark
- question mark and exclamation point with quotation marks
- question mark with polite requests
Also covers question marks (1)
Exclamation Point
Also covers exclamation points (1)
Apostrophe
- apostrophe
- apostrophe in decades
- apostrophe plurals
- apostrophe possessive
- collective possessives
- compound possession: shared and individual ownership
- contractions and apostrophes
- double genitive
- each other: possessive
- names ending in s: possessive
- plural of years and abbreviations
- possessives of compound nouns
Also covers apostrophes (5)
Quotation Marks
- quotation marks
- italics / quotation marks for titles
- quotation marks for emphasis
- quotation marks: single / double
- words as words
- titles: choosing italics or quotation marks
Also covers quotation marks (9)
- agreement with titles and quoted words
- capitalization of titles and headings
- colon and semicolon with quotation marks
- comma with quotation marks
- commas with other punctuation
- commas with quoted speech
- em dash with quotation marks
- period with quotation marks
- question mark and exclamation point with quotation marks