Punctuation changes the whole meaning of the sentence!
Punctuation. It has been used and abused. Just adding a comma, colon, semi-colon, or any other punctuation mark can change the whole meaning of the sentence.
Here is an example:
A woman, without her man. is nothing. A woman: without her. man is nothing.
Punctuation changes the whole meaning of the sentence!
Punctuation. It has been used and abused. Just adding a comma, colon, semi-colon, or any other punctuation mark can change the whole meaning of the sentence.
Careful investigations have shown that children understand many words more easily by seeing them used in appropriate sentences than by trying to understand their synonyms listed in a dictionary. The 10,000 words in A Sentence Dictionary are therefore used in sentences skilfully written to make them interesting to students. A special feature is the use of a symbol to separate the meanings of a word, or its uses as different parts of speech.
“The fundamental purpose of scientific discourse is not the mere presentation of information and thought but rather its actual communication. It does not matter how pleased an author might be to have converted all the right data into sentences and paragraphs; it matters only whether a large majority of the reading audience accurately perceives what the author had in mind.”
The Official Guide Companion for Sentence Correction (Manhattan Gmat)
The only book that offers clear and simple explanations to the Sentence Correction practice problems in the Official Guide for GMAT Review (2015 & 13th Ed.), the Official Guide Companion for Sentence Correction is a must-have for students who are looking to improve their performance on the GMAT verbal section.
