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Example 1: Eat children.

Example 2: Eat, children.

The difference between the two sentences is only influenced by the

punctuation marks that make a different meaning. Both sentences are

commands, but the first sentence would be correct only in a society

where people eat human flesh. It is clear that these sentences take the

view that there are correct and incorrect ways of using punctuation. Each

exhortation suggests that punctuation marks can be used to make clear

certain relationships in the text.

According to Bram (1995) who shares the views of above linguists

sees that the correct uses of punctuation marks are indispensable to make

accurate writing on one hand. Misused punctuation marks, using a

question mark for instance, instead of a full stop at the end of a sentence

may convey different message, namely a question, not a statement on the

other hand.