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1、WTFisPunctuation?LessonWorksheetTask1Readthefollowingsentenceandtrytoidentifythepunctuationused:TheEU,sfinalwordstotheUKasitdepartedtheunionafternearlyhalfaCenturywerel*thankyou,goodbye,andgoodriddance11.Source:FinancialTimes,4/2/20.Task2Readthissentenceandunderlinethedifferentareasofpunctuationused
2、,focusingonthepurposeofpunctuation:Languagepedantsshouldaskthemselveswhatreallydrivesthemintheirpolicingefforts:genuineconcernforslidingstandardsoraSinisterlyhiddenformofone-upmanship?Source:ConfessionsofaReformedGrammarNazi,RosieDriffill.Task3Readthissentenceandaddinthemissingpunctuation.Again,make
3、suretofocusonthepurposeofpunctuation:whileformalwrittenlanguagechangesmuchmoreslowlythanspokenlanguageallowingustoreadShakespearewithlittledifficultysocialmediahasbroughtvariabilityinwritingSource:IfYoureHouseIsStillAvailable,SendMeanEmail:PersonalityInfluencesReactionstoWrittenErrorsinEmailMessages
4、,BolandandQueen.PracticeExercise:WithaPartner1. Findaparagraph.2. Removeallofthepunctuation.3. Askapartnertodothesameandswap.4. Discusswhereyouwouldbothaddpunctuationandwhy(ie.thepurposeofthepunctuation).5. Checkusingtheoriginalparagraphanddiscuss.PracticeExercise:WithoutaPartner1. Findaparagraph.2. Removeallofthepunctuation.3. Waituntilyounolongerrememberthepunctuationusedandcomebacktotheparagraph.4. Thinkdeeplyaboutwhereyouwouldaddpunctuationandwhy(ie.thepurposeofthepunctuation).5. Checkusingtheoriginalparagraphandthinkaboutwhatyoudidwrongandthereasonswhy.