Period【。】
1。Useaperiodtoshowtheendofasentence。
HockeyisapopularsportinCanada。
ThefederalgovernmentisbasedinOttawa。
2。Useaperiodaftercertainabbreviations。
B。C。istheprovincelocatedontheWestCoast。
Dr。BethunewasaCanadianwhoworkedinChina。
Thecompanyislocatedat888BaySt。inToronto。
Itis4:00p。m。inHalifaxrightnow。
QuestionMark【?】
Useaquestionmarkattheendofasentencetoshowadirectquestion。
HowmanyprovincesarethereinCanada?
Note:donotuseaquestionmarkforindirectquestions。
Theteacheraskedtheclassaquestion。Donotaskmewhy。
ExclamationMark【!】
Useanexclamationmarkattheendofasentencetoshowsurpriseorexcitement。
WewontheStanleyCup!
Theforestisonfire!
Comma【,】
1。Useacommatoshowapauseinasentence。
Therefore,weshouldwritealettertotheprimeminister。
2。Useacommawithquotationmarkstoshowwhatsomeonehassaiddirectly。
Icancometoday,shesaid,butnottomorrow。
3。Usecommasforlistingthreeormoredifferentthings。
Ontario,Quebec,andB。C。arethethreebiggestprovinces。
4。Usecommasaroundrelativeclausesthataddextrainformationtoasentence。
EmilyCarr,whowasbornin1871,wasagreatpainter。
Apostrophe【】
1。Useanapostrophetoshowownershipofsomething。
ThisisDavidscomputer。
Thesearetheplayersthings。(thingsthatbelongtotheplayer)
Note:Fornounsinpluralform,puttheapostropheattheendofthenoun。
Thesearetheplayersthings。(thingsthatbelongtotheplayers)
2。Useanapostrophetoshowlettersthathavebeenleftoutofaword。
Idontknowhowtofixit。
QuotationMarks【】
Usequotationmarkstoshowwhatsomeonehassaiddirectly。
Theprimeministersaid,Wewillwintheelection。
Icancometoday,shesaid,butnottomorrow。
Colon【:】
1。Useacolontointroducealistofthings。
Therearethreepositionsinhockey:goalie,defence,andforward。
2。Useacolontointroducealongquotation。
Theprimeministersaid:Wewillfight。Wewillnotgiveup。Wewillwinthenextelection。
Semicolon【;】
1。Useasemicolontojoinrelatedsentencestogether。
Thefestivalisverypopular;peoplefromallovertheworldvisiteachyear。
2。
bsp;Useasemicoloninliststhatalreadyhavecommas。
ThethreebiggestcitiesinCanadaareToronto,Ontario;Montreal,Quebec;andVancouver,B。C。
Dash【-】
1。Useadashbeforeaphrasethatsummarizestheideaofasentence。
Mild,wet,andcloudy-thesearethecharacteristicsofweatherinVancouver。
2。Useadashbeforeandafteraphraseorlistthataddsextrainformationinthemiddleofasentence。
Thechildren-Pierre,Laura,andAshley-wenttothestore。
MostCanadians-butnotall-votedinthelastelection。
3。Useadashtoshowthatsomeonehasbeeninterruptedwhenspeaking。
Thewomansaid,Iwanttoask-whentheearthquakebegantoshaketheroom。
Hyphen【-】
1。Useahyphentojointwowordsthatformoneideatogether。
sweet-smelling
fire-resistant
2。Useahyphentojoinprefixestowords。
anti-Canadian
non-contact
3。Useahyphenwhenwritingcompoundnumbers。
one-quarter
twenty-three