Period and comma

the use of comma It is full stop it is a typical resource of the written language, since it does not have rhythm and melody as the oral language.

So these punctuation marks represent the pauses and expressions of speech.

Considering these aspects, today, we will deepen the study of the use of the period and comma.

Final point – How and when should I use it?

The end point represents the maximum break of the voice and is used at the end of declarative or imperative sentences. Examples:

• Don't do that.
• One scientist has done an enormous service to university science.

Comma – How and when should I use it?

The comma has the function of marking a short break. It is generally used in the following situations:

To separate reduced clauses

• End of the meeting, the collaborators withdrew.

To separate adverbial and noun clauses when placed before the main clause

• Example: How did you solve the problem, no one knew what had happened.

To separate interspersed clauses

• Example: “Albertin Sabin, the man who discovered the polio vaccine, refused to lie about health conditions to the Brazilian government”.

To separate explanatory adjective clauses

• Example: Men, who are rational beings, deserve our support.

To separate syndetic coordinate clauses (except those introduced by “and”, “or” and “neither”)

• Example: Don't be sad, what it will be worse.

To separate asyndetic coordinate clauses

• Example: I loved, I surrendered, I got involved.

To separate parallel terms from a proverb

• Example: Like mother, like daughter.

To separate displaced terms from their normal position in the sentence

• Example: In Brazil, the danger is constant.

To emphasize the adverbial adjunct placed before

• Example: in the afternoon, young people went out to the cinema.

To highlight certain predicatives

• Example: Needy and deluded, the character became involved with many people.

To isolate corrective and explanatory words and phrases ("then", "in addition", "incidentally", "that is", etc.)

• Example: He is a great writer, indeed, he is the best.

to separate bet

• Example: Rio de Janeiro, the wonderful city, is filthy and without prestige.

to separate vocative

• Example: Berth, I still think about you.

To separate the elements of the same syntactic function

• Example: I fell in love with French, English, Italian and American.

To mark the omission of a term (usually from a verb)

• Example: On the side, a large corn plantation. (there was, existed)

After yes and no, used as an answer, at the beginning of the sentence

• Example: No, I don't want to date Amelia.

In dates, to highlight the name of some location

• Example: Curitiba, March 20, 2006.

Read too: Should I use a comma before the conjunction “but”?