Terminal Pumctuation 6.1

Question 1

Check punctuation:
The correct use of periods confuses many people. (Grant, 2016).

Answer 1

Wrong
Additional period before citation

The correct use of periods confuses many people (Grant, 2016).

Question 2

Check punctuation:
Punctuation marks include periods, commas, colons, etc..

Answer 2

Wrong
Additional period

Punctuation marks include periods, commas, colons, etc.

Question 3

Comma splice

Answer 3

When a comma is used in place of a period.

Two independent clauses cannot be joined with a comma. They need to be divided with a period.

If there were a conjunction after a comma, it would be correctly punctuated.

Question 4

Indirect questions and question marks

Answer 4

Wrong:
I wonder if it will rain today?

Correct:
I wonder if it will rain today.

Maybe fine in less formal writing but usually corrected.

Question 5

Questions reported in speech and punctuation

Answer 5

Reported speech is when a writer reports what a person said rather than using their exact words.

Ex/
George asked whether I really wanted to hurt him.

Is correctly punctuated, but if it were a direct quote
Ex/
“Do you really want to hurt me?” George asked.

The question mark would need to be inside the quotations.