Punctuation describes a set of marks used to separate sentences or emphasise words and clarify their meaning.
Punctuation: What marks are you using to give it meaning?
For example, the following sentence from the the Persuasive Essay Example contains several punctuation marks including an apostrophe, brackets, a comma and a full stop.
For example, Bouchard’s (2004) meta-analysis of intelligence studies estimates .85 heritability of intelligence for over 18 year olds.
Refer to the textbook pages and sections to improve your knowledge and understanding of the criterion.
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