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The Punctuation People: Ms. Exclamation
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How miscommunication happens (and how to avoid it) – Katherine Hampsten
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Have you ever talked with a friend about a problem, only to realize that he just doesn’t seem to grasp why the issue is so important to you? Have you ever presented an idea to a group, and it’s met with utter confusion? What’s going on here? Katherine Hampsten describes why miscommunication occurs so frequently, and how we can minimize frustration while expressing ourselves better.
Lesson by Katherine Hampsten, animation by Andrew Foerster.
English Grammar lessons – When to Use an Exclamation Mark? – Punctuation Marks
English Grammar lessons When to Use an Exclamation Mark?
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In English Grammar Exclamation mark or point is a type of punctuation mark. It usually shows strong feeling such as anger joy excitement or surprise and so on. Using an exclamation mark in writing English is rather like shouting or raising your voice when speaking English.But using an exclamation mark in writing English has actually changed quite a bit in the last ten years. In this English Grammar lesson you will learn using the Exclamation mark correctly.
The Traditional rules are :
1) An exclamation mark is added when you warn someone
Eg Be careful! ,Stop! , Don’t touch!
2) An exclamation mark is added at the end of an angry statement.
Eg I disagree with that!
Don’t you tell me that!
3) When you want to indicate strong command you add an exclamation mark
Eg Clean that now!
Send it now!
4) When using interjections you add an exclamation mark
Eg \”Ouch! that hurt\”
\”Aww! that’s sad\”
5) An exclamation mark can be used to close questions that are meant to convey extreme emotions.
Eg What on earth are you doing!
Eg Are you serious!
In the past few years people have started to do a lot more informal writing because of social media. This has changed the way people use the exclamation mark in writing English. It is used to show a friendly note or suggests that the writer is happy,excited or smiling. Some examples of the current usage of exclamation marks are as follows :
Example Happy New year to all my friends and family! ( When you wish someone in writing,you add an exclamation mark)
Example Great Game! We Won! ( Expressing happiness)
Example You are so adorable! ( Expressing love)
Hope this English lesson is helpful to all you learners of English language out there. Watch our English lessons regularly to learn better English and improve your spoken English skills dramatically.
Liberated! Delivered! – How the French Ruined Frozen [Part 1]
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Frozen was one of the hottest movies of the decade in the USA and around the world. Or was it? Was the French version of the film (La Reine des Neiges) the same blockbuster hit that we in the US sang along to all year? Or is it just different enough to merit its own analysis? Considering what you’re watching, I hope you know that answer.
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Learn Punctuation: period, exclamation mark, question mark
http://www.engvid.com You see them all the time, but do you know how to use them correctly? In this lesson we go over the basic punctuation marks used to end a sentence. I also teach you to identify and avoid the runon sentence, which is a common mistake ESL students and native speakers make in their writing. Watch this lesson to learn the quick and easy rules for using the period, exclamation mark, and question mark! Then take the quiz on it here: http://www.engvid.com/learnpunctuationperiodexclamationmarkquestionmark/
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Hi. Welcome to www.engvid.com again. My name’s Adam. Today, I’m responding to some requests for punctuation lessons. So, today’s lesson is about punctuation. I’m going to focus on the period, the exclamation mark, and the question mark. Now, you’re thinking: why am I beginning with these three? Because these are the ends of sentences. Right? These always come at a very specific point in the sentence, always at the end, always with a clear purpose.
What is the purpose? A period ends a sentence. Seems simple enough, everybody knows this. Correct? But it’s not that simple. Many, many times I’ve seen students writing and not putting the period in the correct place. What…
Another thing you have to remember about the period is what comes after it is always a capital letter. Okay? Many people forget the capital after a period. A period ends a sentence which means it ends a complete idea. Whatever comes after the period is already a new idea. Of course, one idea flows to the next idea; one idea builds on the previous idea, but they are two separate ideas. When you have completed your sentence, when you have completed your idea put a period. And British people call this: \”a full stop\”. Same idea, means: full stop, done, next idea. Okay? With a capital letter. Always don’t forget the capital letter. Or never forget the capital letter. Okay?
Another thing to remember about the period is that once you have a sentence with a complete independent clause and you don’t have another independent clause with a conjunction, \”and\”, \”but\”, \”so\”, \”or\”, etcetera or a semicolonthis is a semicolonthat means your sentence is finished. If you have two independent clauses in a sentence and you don’t have the conjunction, you don’t have the semicolon, means you have a runon sentence. Okay? A \”runon sentence\” is a sentence that has two subjects, two verbs, no spacing, no conjunction, no period. Okay?
Let’s look at an example of a runon sentence.
\”Stacey and Claire went shopping at the mall with Ted and Alex they bought new clothes.\”
Does this sentence seem okay to you? If it does, there’s a problem. Okay? We have \”Stacey and Claire\” as your subjectsorry, this is a \”v\” actually\”went shopping at the mall\”. Where? \”With Ted and Alex\”. With who? This is a complete idea. \”Stacey and Claire went shopping at the mall with Ted and Alex.\” Your idea is complete, this is what they did.
Now, at the mall, what did they do? \”They bought new clothes.\” I put a period, I put a capital. I have to separate ideas, therefore, two separate sentences. Now, is there any other way I can fix this? Of course. I can put a comma after: \”Alex,\” I could put the word: \”and they bought\”, in which case, that sentence is fine. \”And\” joins two independent.
So, every time you’re writing… Punctuation, of course, is for writing, not for speaking; we don’t see punctuation in speaking. Every time you write, check your sentences. If you have two independent clauses, means two subject, subject, verb, and then subject, verb. If you have two of these, two combinations of subject and verb without a period between them, without a conjunction, without a semicolon you have a runon sentence. Okay?
Just to make sure, here’s another sentence. I’ll take this away. Something came before.
\”As a result,\” of whatever came before\”the police evacuated the tenants of the building they thought this would be safer.\”
Oh. \”The tenants of the building they thought this would be safer.\” Wait a minute. What’s going on? Where does the sentence end? Where does the idea end? What’s the next part of the sentence? Okay? \”The police evacuated\”. Who? \”The tenants\”. Which tenants? \”Of the building\”. Okay? \”The building they thought this\”, no. Okay, \”The building that they thought this\”, no, doesn’t make sense. So this must be the next subject, \”they thought\”. Who are \”they\”? The police. \”They thought\”. What? \”This would be safer.\” So now, I need to put something here. I need to break up these two sentences because they’re two separate ideas. This sentence explains why they did the action in the first sentence.
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