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punctuation

Emma

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What would you like to know about punctuation?

annedraper

29 February 2012

It's a big subject, and like my colleague has asked, what do you need help with exactly?

yvmason

29 February 2012

How do you use Hyphens?

Can you explain to me hoe to use hyphens? I was thinking of using it in my blog.

Emma

Punctuation

Can you tell me how to use colons?

Emma

use of question marks

I have always worked on the basis that question marks were full stops as well, but consider the following sentence from a blog post:

"Who's Justin Bieber?" you might say.

This seems to be a punctuation nightmare. I want the question mark in there, but it doesn't feel right to start a new sentence directly after it. It feels as though there should be a comma. What is the correct form?

Emma

When should we use a semi-colon in UK English?

Emma