Punctuation ~ American English: punctuate with confidence!

Punctuate emails, blogs, and marketing copy: Punctuation marks covered? Quotes, colons, dashes, and much more!

Created by: Sally Apokedak
Literary agent, editor, and writing conference faculty

What Will I Learn?

• Punctuate English with confidence.
• Know when to use a colon and when to use a semicolon, as well as when to use all the other American English punctuation marks.
• Know how to use commas to make your meaning clear.
• Never be embarrassed by poor punctuation again!

Requirements

• Please bring a desire to learn.
• This is not a grammar course, so it would be helpful if you had a basic understanding of the English language.
• This is a course that reaches an intermediate level, but it's fine for beginners, too: no advanced knowledge needed.

Target audience

• ESL writers who struggle with American punctuation will benefit from this course.
• American writers who have never "gotten" punctuation will gain skill and confidence.
• Business persons selling to Americans on the Internet will be able to make their sales copy look more professional.
• If you are writing a scholarly article or book and you want to discover how to punctuate, annotate, and cite sources, this course is not for you.