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The Role of Punctuation in Writing

As indicated by Robert (2006) punctuation marks play great role in writing. They cut the flow of words into meaningful groups and prevent confusion. Similarly, Stevenson (2005) shows that punctuation marks clarity sentences from each others. They emphasize the semantic function to show the meaning of the sentence based on the placement of punctuation marks. Different used punctuation marks will create different meaning. The role of using punctuation marks here is to make the sentence clear to the readers' understanding. Look at the following example.