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Complete Punctuation: Novice to Pro

Section 1 – Introduction to "Complete Punctuation: Beginner To Advanced Professional"

What to expect from this punctuation course (3:06)
How to approach this course – and punctuation generally! (5:21)

Section 2 – The comma

Introduction to the comma (3:01)
The listing comma (6:00)
The joining comma (4:47)
The bracketing comma (11:00)
Which or that? Comma or not? (2:42)
Quiz 1 – Listing, joining and bracketing commas
The gapping comma (2:58)
Commas with lists of adjectives (6:57)
Commas with lists of adjectives - some more examples (4:07)
Commas with appositives - or renamed words (7:07)
The vocative or calling comma (3:35)
Quiz 2 – advanced

Section 3 – The full stop/period

The full stop/period: avoiding the comma splice (6:24)
The full stop/period in abbreviations (3:07)
The full stop/period: is it followed by one space or two? (3:18)
Quiz 3 – Full stops/periods

Section 4 – The hyphen

Introduction to hyphens (3:04)
Hyphens in compound modifiers (3:41)
Hyphens in compound modifiers: avoiding ambiguity (2:32)
Hyphens with -LY words: avoiding a common error (2:21)
Hyphens with prefixes and suffixes (4:28)
The hanging hyphen (1:20)
Quiz 4 – The hyphen

Section 5 – The colon, the semicolon and the dash

The colon (4:20)
The semicolon (5:40)
Semicolons: Two mistakes to avoid (4:50)
The dash (4:41)
The dash: typographical considerations (2:24)
Quiz 5 – Colons, semicolons and dashes

Section 6 – Brackets

Round brackets (2:58)
Square brackets (4:30)
Quiz 6 – Brackets

Section 7 – Inverted commas/quotation marks

Inverted commas/quotation marks with direct speech (4:12)
Inverted commas/quotation marks in words and phrases (2:54)
Scare quotes (2:30)
Single or double inverted commas/quotation marks (3:19)
Curly or straight inverted commas/quotation marks? (2:45)
Quiz 7 – Inverted commas/quotation marks

Section 8 – The question mark, exclamation mark and ellipsis

The question mark (5:11)
The exclamation mark (5:22)
The ellipsis: what it is and when to use it (2:33)
The ellipsis: typographic considerations (1:36)
Quiz 8 – Question marks, exclamation marks and ellipses

Section 9 – Bullet points

Punctuating bullet points (4:09)

Section 10 – The apostrophe

Introduction: The two basic uses of the apostrophe (3:42)
Practice activity: test your understanding of contraction and possession
Three occasions you should NEVER use an apostrophe (3:56)
Practice activity: test your apostrophe knowledge
Quiz 9 – Introduction to apostrophes
Contractions: Its or it's? (3:26)
Practice activity: Its or it's?
Contractions: Whose or who's? (2:46)
Practice activity: Whose or who's?
Contractions: Your or you're? (1:44)
Practice activity: The difference between your and you're
Contractions: We're, were or where? (1:47)
Practice activity: the difference between we're, were and where
Contractions: theirs or there's, they're or there? (2:00)
Practice activity: theirs or there's, they're or there?
Contractions: Would've or would of? (2:07)
Quiz 10 – Contractions: common confusions
Possession: s apostrophe or apostrophe s? (2:43)
Practice activity: s apostrophe or apostrophe s?
Possession: children's, childrens or childrens'? Ladies or ladies'? (3:39)
Practice activity: apostrophes with irregular plurals
Possession: Ten years experience or ten years' experience? (1:55)
Quiz 11 – s apostrophe or apostrophe s?
Apostrophe niggles: apostrophes in names and places (3:26)
Apostrophe niggles: numbers and dates (100s or 100's? 1970s or 1970's?) (3:34)
Apostrophe niggles: CDs or CD's? (And the do's and don'ts of p's and q's) (2:54)
Quiz 12 – Apostrophe niggles: test your knowledge
Practice activity: correct this memo
How to catch every rogue apostrophe (1:30)
Test your knowledge of punctuation

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