Make better punctuation choices when you edit
Should that aside go in parentheses or between dashes? How do you separate items in a list when the items already contain commas? Punctuation 102 gives you practice with decisions like these, so you can explain why a mark belongs and see what it does for the reader.
This course is for writers who are comfortable with the basics and want to edit more confidently across reports, essays, articles, and stories.
What you’ll learn
- Complex sentences. Use punctuation to show how clauses and ideas fit together.
- Lists and series. Make lists easier to follow, even when the items contain punctuation of their own.
- Dialogue and reported speech. Handle direct quotes, dialogue tags, and indirect speech.
- Tricky punctuation choices. Work with hyphens, dashes, parentheses, brackets, and ellipses.
- Academic and formal writing. Apply punctuation conventions in scholarly and professional contexts.
- Real-world application. Analyze examples and practice deciding which marks make the meaning clearest.
- Putting it all together. Review the course and apply several punctuation rules in the same piece of writing.
What’s included
Work through 17 lessons and 38 topics at your own pace. Each module ends with a review, extra examples, a glossary, and a quiz. Use interactive flashcards to revisit tricky marks, get immediate quiz feedback, and keep the desk reference sheets handy when you edit.
