Much as we would like to believe that as speakers and readers of English we know our basics and can be called upon to edit another’s writing or clean up our own copy, the honest truth is that we could all use guidance in areas like spelling, punctuation, grammar and the mechanics of editing to produce a polished manuscript.
A poorly edited piece of writing with spelling and punctuation errors only serves to stamp the writer as ignorant or just plain careless – and readers will not take such work seriously.
The editor is the last line of defense between a writer and his/her readers. The Basics for Beginners modules have been developed to help writers and editors become aware of the pitfalls of poor writing and learn the skills to overcome them.
This is the 3rd unit in the Module on Punctuation and covers Semicolons and Colons.
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