Punctuation, Part 2

In this blog I will go over three more subjects of punctuation I studied in "Rules For Writers".

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1) "End Punctuation":  One interesting thing that is rather niche in its application is that periods used to abbreviate at the end of the sentence it should not be used twice.  An important distinction made about quotation marks is that a series of questions may be indicated with question marks without being complete sentences.

2) "Other" Punctuation:  The dash consists of two hyphens, the dash can be used to indicate material that is to be emphasized.  It also can be used to introduce a list or a shift in tone.  Brackets, unlike parentheses are used when one needs to insert their own words into text. I did not know that the word "sic" in brakets [sic] were used to indicate an error being properly quoted by the original source.

3) The Colon: The colon is most known for its usage to direct attention to a list, also in displaying the time and other practical uses.  However, the colon is often misused in situations such as in between a verb and its object, a preposition and its object, and after indicating phrases like "such as", "including" and "for example".