Uso correcto de signos de puntuación en escritura

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It is crucial to understand the correct use of punctuation if you want to write more clearly. Also, to create sense and stress in sentences and to organize your writing. At least one of the punctuation marks has to appear in every sentence. It is easier to understand the importance of punctuation when reading a paragraph without any punctuation marks.

Every morning I wake up at 8 am the first thing I do is brush my teeth and right after that I take a shower next I dress up and I put on some makeup then I go to the kitchen and I prepare my breakfast breakfast is my favorite meal because I love pancakes waffles scrambled eggs toast with jam coffee and orange juice after I eat I brush my teeth again and I leave for work I always read a book on the bus right now I am reading The Great Gatsby and it is better than the movie usually I work until 6 pm and I go home after that

Now read the same paragraph with the correct use of punctuation and notice the difference:

Every morning I wake up at 8 am. The first thing I do is brush my teeth, and right after that, I take a shower. Next, I dress up, and I put on some makeup. Then, I go to the kitchen, and I prepare my breakfast. Breakfast is my favorite meal because I love pancakes, waffles, scrambled eggs, toast with jam, coffee, and orange juice. After I eat, I brush my teeth again, and I leave for work. I always read a book on the bus. Right now, I am reading "The Great Gatsby" (and it is better than the movie!). Usually, I work until 6 pm, and I go home after that.

PUNCTUATION MARKS

SYMBOL	NAME	USE	EXAMPLE
.	Period or Full-stop	Placed at the end of a sentence and many abbreviations.	I study English. He is Mr. Perez.
?	Question mark	Indicates a question.	Are you hungry? Where do you live?
!	Exclamation point	Adds emphasis and expresses surprise.	Help! That’s amazing!
,	Comma	Shows separation of ideas, lists of elements, and sentences.	I want to eat pizza, hotdogs, and ice cream.
,	Comma	Indicates a direct address.	John, can you come here?
,	Comma	Used to enclose details.	My friend, Marie, is French.
;	Semicolon	Connects independent clauses.	He likes you; you are a good person.
;	Semicolon	Separates items in lists that contain commas.	Last year I visited Salvador, Brazil; Lima, Peru; and Cancun, Mexico.
:	Colon	Introduces a quotation, an explanation, an example, or a series.	They play different styles: jazz, blues, R&B, and pop.
:	Colon	Between independent clauses, when the second explains the first.	I am moving to Japan: I was offered a job there.
:	Colon	For emphasis.	You have one option: do it.
— or –	Dash em dash — en dash –	Can be used in place of a comma, parentheses, colon, or brackets (em dash)	My friend — Marie — is French.
— or –	Dash em dash — en dash –	Indicates a range or connections (en dash).	I played basketball there from January – March.
-	Hyphen	Joins two or more words together into a compound term.	Tomorrow I’ll meet my brother-in-law.
-	Hyphen	Cannot be separated by spaces.	There are twenty-two students here.
[ ]	Brackets or Square Brackets	To clarify meaning.	Her cousin [Laura] worked with me.
[ ]	Brackets or Square Brackets	To add an editorial comment or missing words or letters.	He hate[s] cleaning the house.
[ ]	Brackets or Square Brackets	To add information.	Next month I am visiting two cities in Spain [Madrid and Barcelona].
{ }	Braces or Curly Brackets	To contain two or more listed items that are considered as a unit. Not common in writing.	I’m going to the supermarket to buy cereal, eggs, and fruits {bananas, apples, oranges}.
( )	Parentheses or Round Brackets	To contain further thoughts or remarks.	I was watching Friends (my favorite TV show).
( )	Parentheses or Round Brackets	To exemplify or clarify.	My friend (Marie) is French.
( )	Parentheses or Round Brackets	To define abbreviations.	MBA (Master of Business Administration).
( )	Parentheses or Round Brackets	To indicate plural and singular.	Please write the name(s) of your guest(s).
’	Apostrophe	Indicates omission of a letter or letters from a word (contractions).	‘Cause he's tired.
’	Apostrophe	Possessive case.	We are going to our mother’s house.
’	Apostrophe	Plural of lowercase letters.	My keyboard is broken, I cannot type any o’s.
“ ” or ‘ ’	Quotation mark	Marks the beginning and end of a passage, when repeated word by word.	“Don’t go there!”, he said.
“ ” or ‘ ’	Quotation mark	Indicates meaning and the unusual (or dubious) status of a word.	What do you mean by “crazy”?
“ ” or ‘ ’	Quotation mark	To cite titles or bibliographic references.	I read “Romeo and Juliet” for my literature class.
“ ” or ‘ ’	Quotation mark	Single quotation marks are used for quotes within quotes.	She told me, “I read ‘Romeo and Juliet’ for my literature class.”
…	Ellipsis	Indicates an omission of letters or words.	Let’s count to ten: one, two, three...
/	Slash, Forward Slash, Virgule, or Oblique	Shows alternatives.	Please press your browser's Refresh/Reload button.
/	Slash, Forward Slash, Virgule, or Oblique	Replaces the word “per”.	100 km/hour
/	Slash, Forward Slash, Virgule, or Oblique	Fractions.	½ pound
/	Slash, Forward Slash, Virgule, or Oblique	Separates lines in a song or poem.	Twinkle, twinkle, little star, / How I wonder what you are.
/	Slash, Forward Slash, Virgule, or Oblique	Internet websites or computer programs.	https://platzi.com/

Comentarios

Brandon Argel Verdeja Domínguez

student•

As a practice, I'll try to translate this reading without the Google translator or any other translator, I´m open to feedback 😃 . Es crucial entender el uso correcto de la puntuación si quieres escribir más claro. Además, para crear sentido y estrés en oraciones y para organizar tu escritura. Al menos una de los signos de puntuación tienen que aparecer en cada sentencia. Es más fácil para entender la importancia de la puntuación cuando leemos un párrafo sin ningun signo de puntuación. . Cada mañana Me despierto a las 8 AM lo primero que hago es cepillarme los dientes y justo después de eso tomo una ducha después me visto y me pongo un poco de maquillaje después voy a la cocina y me preparo mi desayuno el desayuno es mi comida favorita porque amo los panqueques wafles (creo que huevos revueltos) tostadas con mermelada café y jugo de naranja después de comer me cepillo los dientes de nuevo y me voy a trabajar siempre leo un libro en el autobús ahora mismo estoy leyendo El gran Gatsby y este es mejor que la película normalmente trabajo hasta las 6 PM y me voy a casa después de eso. . Ahora lee el mismo párrafo con un correcto uso de la puntuación y observa la diferencia . Cada mañana me despierto a las 8 AM. La primera cosa que hago es cepillarme los dientes, y justo después de eso, tomo una ducha. Después, me visto, y me pongo un poco de maquillaje. Después, voy a la cocina, y me preparo mi desayuno. El desayuno es mi comida favorita porque amo los panqueques, wafles, huevos revueltos, tostada con mermelada, café, y jugo de naranja. Después de comer, cepillo mis dientes de nuevo, y me voy a trabajar. Siempre leo un libro en el autobús. Ahora mismo estoy leyendo El gran Gatsby (Y es mejor que la película). Normalmente, yo trabajo hasta las 6 PM, y me voy a casa desoués de eso. . SIGNOS DE PUNTUACIÓN: . (Dot = Punto) Periodo o punto final ? (Question mark = Signo de interrogación) ! (Exclamation point = Signo de exclamación) , (Comma =Coma) ; (Semicolon = Punto y coma) : (Colon = Dos puntos) — (Em dash = Guión largo) Puede ser usado en lugar de paréntesis or a pair of commas Ejemplo: Mi amiga —Marie— es Francesa – (En dash = En guión) Indica un rango o conexiones Ejemplo: De Junio – Marzo - (Hyphen = Guión) Para unir dos o más palabras. Nota Importante: Ninguno de los 3 guiones anteriores es el mismo... — – - ++Los siguientes comandos solo funcionan con el teclado numérico de la izquiera del teclado++ Para poner el guión largo (Em dash) presionar Alt + 0151 y obtendrán — Para poner el guión en guión (En dash) presionar Alt + 0150 y obtendrán – Para poner el guión normal (Hyphen) presionar la tecla del guión 😂 o Alt + 45 - [] (Brackets of square brackets = Corchetes) {} (Curly Brackets = Corchetes rizados o llaves) () (Parentheses or Round Brackets = Paréntesis o corchetes redondos) ' (Apostrophe = Apóstrofe) "" or ´´ (Quotation mark = Comillas) ... (Ellipsis = Puntos suspensivos) / (Slash = Barra diagonal o barra oblicua)

Sara Hernandez

student•

¡Great job! Keep practicing and thanks for sharing. :smiley:

Luisa Fernanda Morales

student•

graciassssssssss

Sergio Brandon De Lucio Chavero

student•

por fin se cómo se llaman todos los signos que uso en programación :'v

José Daniel Colque Flores

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Aurelio ML

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x2 xD

Miguel Andres Rendon Reyes

student•

It is easier to understand the importance of punctuation when reading a paragraph without any punctuation marks. xD

Sandra Rosa Arroyo Paredes

student•

"Any punctuation marks", She said. 😅

Nien Tzu Kuo

student•

Jocelyn Ramírez López

student•

I noticed that in English is more common to use period than Spanish. Do you notice too?

Giuseppe Ramirez

student•

Hi, Jocelyn. Yes but depends on context too. But generally you're right. :)

Astrid Ximena Cuellar Herrera

student•

Refreshing! thanks a lot

Juan Camilo Maldonado Perez

student•

An example might be: What is your opinion of my exercise? Are the punctuation marks well placed?

Today in this challenge, we’re going to know a little bit about my own country, every time I have the opportunity I travel to discover new and fascinating places. I present to you a small corner of the Pacific. On the Pacific coast of Colombia, there is this magical place, a part of the lungs of the world, where the natives preserve nature and biodiversity dazzles and wonders. The identity of this area is divided in two, the coastal part is inhabited by black communities and the inner jungle part is inhabited by indigenous communities, their protected area represents 80% of the territory. A unique site in the world, with massive biodiversity of animals and plants, which must be cared for and preserved, that is why there are social teams that care for and preserve this biodiversity.

DANIEL ALBERTO PRADA HERRERA

student•

Hi, I think the punctuation marks are correct

Giuseppe Ramirez

student•

Wow! You have amazing writing skills, just little suggestions with the comma in these sentence:

Every time, I have the opportunity, …
Nature, and biodiversity dazzles, and wonders. Congrats!

Pedro Alexander Beltra Hernandez

student•

Excuse me, I have a question, I can't understand when It refers to "Dash em" or "Dash - en", exactly, what does it meaning and what are their useful? and, what is the difference between dash and hyphen? Thank you very much

Fernanda Amorim Machado

teacher•

The em dash is used to separate a phrase or sentence from the rest of the sentence. That's why it can be used in place of a comma, parentheses, colon, or brackets.

The en dash is used to express number ranges and for compound adjectives. That's why it indicates ranges and connections.

Jose Antonio Rojas Ollarves

student•

New words:

Crucial, importante, decisivo
Appear, Apariencia, mostrar, parecer
Punctuation, Puntuacion, signos de puntuacion
Clearly, claramente

Sara Hernandez

student•

Hi José Antonio! Thanks for sharing :smiley:

Jose Antonio Rojas Ollarves

student•

Hey sara, i'm glad that works for you #NerverStopLearning

Daniel Mauricio Velásquez González

student•

AURA LIZETH VALBUENA MORENO

student•

thanks up

Mauro José Jesús Arce

student•

Thank you!!!

Jose Alejandro Rollano Revollo

student•

This is my first time that I'm seeing the use of Brackets or Square Brackets, I appreciate the information a lot.

Norma Natalia Moreno Espinoza

student•

I love that in every live or class, the team Platzi says a website address using the punctuation "slash" in English.

DANIEL ALBERTO PRADA HERRERA

student•

We tend to write more than the ones needed or less than the ones needed. It is almost an 'art' to write correctly, even in our mother tounges.

Valery Daniela Panadero Espitia

student•

Es bastante fácil y sencillo aprender los signos de puntuación, debido a que esto nos ayudará en una mejor escritura en el inglés

Sebastian Moreno Olivera

student•

I learned to handle punctuation marks in Spanish thanks to translating everything into English

Laura Valentina Gutiérrez Castro

student•

It's so important this class, because the punctuation it's essential. I love this class!

Sebastian Moreno Olivera

student•

You are right 😀😁

Viviana Cardenas Diaz

student•

Great sum up, when I was checking I have the following questions that would be great someone Can help me :-)

An exclamation point is just one, right? No like Spanis that we put at the beginning and at the end.
… Ellipsis : Can be used like suspensive like I would like to happen...
I don't understand this: Plural of lowercase letters. My keyboard is broken, I cannot type any o’s.
“Don’t go there!”, he said. is it possible to put an exclamation and quotation mark? Thanks :-)

Sara Hernandez

student•

Hi Vivi! Yes, in English we use one exclamation point, is not like in Spanish. We can use apostrophes in the creation of the plurals of letters, numbers, and symbols. For example:

Two A’s = two letters that happen to both be A. Example: Nita got A’s on her Biology quizzes.
Six 5’s = six numbers that are each 5. Example: There are six 5’s in my SSN.
Many &’s = Many ampersands Example: That printed page has too many &’s on it.

Viviana Cardenas Diaz

student•

Thanks, Sara for your answer about exclamation and apostrophes. I got it :-)

If you have any idea about the others would be amazing ;-)

Ellipsis ... : Can be used like suspensive like I would like to happen…
“Don’t go there!”, he said. is it possible to put an exclamation and quotation mark?

Thanks

Usuario anónimo

user•

. SIGNOS DE PUNTUACIÓN: . (Dot = Punto) Periodo o punto final ? (Question mark = Signo de interrogación) ! (Exclamation point = Signo de exclamación) , (Comma =Coma) ; (Semicolon = Punto y coma) : (Colon = Dos puntos) — (Em dash = Guión largo) Puede ser usado en lugar de paréntesis or a pair of commas

Mi Chu

student•

Me haz resuelto la vida! Gracias 😁

Harry Alvarado

student•

Unpunctuated Paragraph:

Every morning I wake up at 8 am the first thing I do is brush my teeth and right after that I take a shower next I dress up and I put on some makeup then I go to the kitchen and I prepare my breakfast breakfast is my favorite meal because I love pancakes waffles scrambled eggs toast with jam coffee and orange juice after I eat I brush my teeth again and I leave for work I always read a book on the bus right now I am reading The Great Gatsby and it is better than the movie usually I work until 6 pm and I go home after that

Punctuated Paragraph:

Every morning I wake up at 8 am. The first thing I do is brush my teeth, and right after that, I take a shower. Next, I dress up, and I put on some makeup. Then, I go to the kitchen, and I prepare my breakfast. Breakfast is my favorite meal because I love pancakes, waffles, scrambled eggs, toast with jam, coffee, and orange juice. After I eat, I brush my teeth again, and I leave for work. I always read a book on the bus. Right now, I am reading “The Great Gatsby” (and it is better than the movie!). Usually, I work until 6 pm, and I go home after that.

Briana Lisbeth Benítez Velásquez

student•

. . SIGNOS DE PUNTUACIÓN: . (Dot = Punto) Periodo o punto final ? (Question mark = Signo de interrogación) ! (Exclamation point = Signo de exclamación) , (Comma =Coma) ; (Semicolon = Punto y coma) : (Colon = Dos puntos) — (Em dash = Guión largo) Puede ser usado en lugar de paréntesis or a pair of commas Ejemplo: Mi amiga —Marie— es Francesa – (En dash = En guión) Indica un rango o conexiones Ejemplo: De Junio – Marzo

(Hyphen = Guión) Para unir dos o más palabras. Nota Importante: Ninguno de los 3 guiones anteriores es el mismo… — – - Los siguientes comandos solo funcionan con el teclado numérico de la izquiera del teclado

Xiomara Mayerly Mendoza García

student•

SYMBOL

NAME

USE

EXAMPLE

Period or Full-stop

Placed at the end of a sentence and many abbreviations.

I study English. He is Mr. Perez.

Question mark

Indicates a question.

Are you hungry? Where do you live?

Exclamation point

Adds emphasis and expresses surprise.

Help! That’s amazing!

Comma

Shows separation of ideas, lists of elements, and sentences.

I want to eat pizza, hotdogs, and ice cream.

Comma

Indicates a direct address.

John, can you come here?

Comma

Used to enclose details.

My friend, Marie, is French.

;

Semicolon

Connects independent clauses.

He likes you; you are a good person.

;

Semicolon

Separates items in lists that contain commas.

Last year I visited Salvador, Brazil; Lima, Peru; and Cancun, Mexico.

Colon

Introduces a quotation, an explanation, an example, or a series.

They play different styles: jazz, blues, R&B, and pop.

Colon

Between independent clauses, when the second explains the first.

I am moving to Japan: I was offered a job there.

Colon

For emphasis.

You have one option: do it.

— or –

Dash em dash — en dash –

Can be used in place of a comma, parentheses, colon, or brackets (em dash)

My friend — Marie — is French.

— or –

Dash em dash — en dash –

Indicates a range or connections (en dash).

I played basketball there from January – March.

Hyphen

Joins two or more words together into a compound term.

Tomorrow I’ll meet my brother-in-law.

Hyphen

Cannot be separated by spaces.

There are twenty-two students here.

[ ]

Brackets or Square Brackets

To clarify meaning.

Her cousin [Laura] worked with me.

[ ]

Brackets or Square Brackets

To add an editorial comment or missing words or letters.

He hate[s] cleaning the house.

[ ]

Brackets or Square Brackets

To add information.

Next month I am visiting two cities in Spain [Madrid and Barcelona].

{ }

Braces or Curly Brackets

To contain two or more listed items that are considered as a unit. Not common in writing.

I’m going to the supermarket to buy cereal, eggs, and fruits {bananas, apples, oranges}.

( )

Parentheses or Round Brackets

To contain further thoughts or remarks.

I was watching Friends (my favorite TV show).

( )

Parentheses or Round Brackets

To exemplify or clarify.

My friend (Marie) is French.

( )

Parentheses or Round Brackets

To define abbreviations.

MBA (Master of Business Administration).

( )

Parentheses or Round Brackets

To indicate plural and singular.

Please write the name(s) of your guest(s).

’

Apostrophe

Indicates omission of a letter or letters from a word (contractions).

‘Cause he's tired.

’

Apostrophe

Possessive case.

We are going to our mother’s house.

’

Apostrophe

Plural of lowercase letters.

My keyboard is broken, I cannot type any o’s.

“ ” or ‘ ’

Quotation mark

Marks the beginning and end of a passage, when repeated word by word.

“Don’t go there!”, he said.

“ ” or ‘ ’

Quotation mark

Indicates meaning and the unusual (or dubious) status of a word.

What do you mean by “crazy”?

“ ” or ‘ ’

Quotation mark

To cite titles or bibliographic references.

I read “Romeo and Juliet” for my literature class.

“ ” or ‘ ’

Quotation mark

Single quotation marks are used for quotes within quotes.

She told me, “I read ‘Romeo and Juliet’ for my literature class.”

…

Ellipsis

Indicates an omission of letters or words.

Let’s count to ten: one, two, three...