Punctuation
In Academic Writing Task 2, you are required to have good understanding of punctuation. However, punctuation in English is complicated and often difficult to master. Learning some of the basic punctuati0n rules can help you achieve mastery. The most important forms of punctuation in Task 2 are the full stop, the comma, the semicolon, and apostrophes for ownership. Using capital letters appropriately is also important. Question marks, apostrophes for contractions, quotation marks for direct speech, exclamation marks and abbreviations do not usually present in Task 2. The use of dashes, colons, semicolons and brackets is more advanced and generally shows expert use of English punctuation.
Good understanding of punctuation helps your essay be better understood. Look at the following example paragraph, which has had all the punctuation removed. Read through it and notice how difficult it is to understand.
young people are an easy target for fast food companies so parents have to check
the quality of the food that their children are eating unfortunately it is not easy to
resist an advertising campaign moreover children like toys and the atmosphere
of fast food restaurants is often fun and friendly this gives a false idea about the
quality of the food that the fast food companies serve
Activity 7 .5
Rewrite the paragraph above and add the missing punctuation.
Answer
Young people are an easy target for fast-food companies so parents have to check the quality
of the food that their children are eating. Unfortunately, it is not easy to resist an advertising
campaign. Moreover, children like toys and the atmosphere of fast-food restaurants is
often fun and friendly. This gives a false idea about the quality of the food that the fast-food
companies serve.
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