
How to Write e.g. (Examples and Worksheet)
If you thought Latin was a language of the past—think again! Learn how to use e.g. in writing, understand its meaning, and a whole lot more.
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Punctuation marks are symbols or characters used in written language to provide structure, clarity, and meaning to text. They serve various purposes, including indicating pauses, separating ideas, and conveying emphasis.
Some of the most common forms of punctuation include the full stop or period, which looks like a dot or a point ( . ), commas, ( , ), colons ( : ), semicolons ( ; ), dashes or hyphens ( – ), exclamation points ( ! ) , and so on.
If you thought Latin was a language of the past—think again! Learn how to use e.g. in writing, understand its meaning, and a whole lot more.
A hyphen ( – ) is a punctuation mark we use to connect words and make compounds words or phrases. Some words will always use
Semicolons connect closely related independent clauses, and they are used to clearly separate items in a list or series with commas.
When you use “but” to join two independent clauses (each of which can stand alone as a sentence), a comma should be placed before “but”.
A comma splice is when a comma separates two independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction (or semicolon).
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If you guessed whether capitalizing after a colon has something to do with style guides, you’re on the ‘write’ path.