Sentence examples for use of punctuation from inspiring English sources

The rise and fall of Woody Allen, as viewed through his use of punctuation.

The poem's inventions include the use of punctuation marks, stanzas of unequal length, and reference to the sea and children, hitherto little mentioned in classical poetry.

He is professionally interested in the changing use of punctuation, including how full stops are not used anywhere near as many times as they were in the 19th century.

Seven years ago, for example, Donald Foster, the Vassar English professor and self-styled "forensic linguist," fingered Joe Klein as the author of "Primary Colors" from Klein's use of punctuation and adverbs.

It would not be particularly surprising if Jefferson had violated the rules of parallel structure or engaged in creative and inconsistent use of punctuation; he is known to have read "Tristram Shandy".

The professor of English Carolyn Heilbrun has a series - written under the pseudonym Amanda Cross - in which Kate Fansler, a professor of English, solves the usual mysteries, though with the added advantage of being able to debate the correct use of punctuation in and outside brackets (one of the best books in the series, Poetic Justice, features a cameo by WH Auden).

The difficulty of supercomputers to detect irony, sarcasm, and humor is marked by various attempts that are reduced to superficial solutions based on algorithms that can search factors such as a repetitive use of punctuations marks, use of capital letters or key phrases (Tsur et al. 2010).

2. Consider varying responses to punctuation by reading and discussing "Hark, Abused Punctuation: This Writer Feels Your Pain". 3. Research and write punctuation guidelines; create and punctuate creative paragraphs to explore the uses of punctuation in creative writing.

When everyone has finished, encourage students to read each other's re-punctuated paragraphs and evaluate with one another the success of the experiment, and what they've learned about the uses of punctuation in creative writing.

But to others this language of words without vowels, abbreviations without explanations, and newfangled uses of punctuation (#throwback to when the pound sign was only a pound sign) isn't a "new" language - it is the only language.

Benchmarks: Uses conventions of spelling in written compositions; Uses conventions of capitalization in written compositions; Uses conventions of punctuation in written compositions; Uses appropriate format in written compositions This lesson plan may be used to address the academic standards listed above.