what is the role/ importance of punctuation marks in language?
why has the poet used the exclamation mark after the title 'Amanda'?
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Marks of punctuation play very important role in giving intended meaning to the language. Use of wrong mark of punctuation or even wrong placement of mark of punctuation can change the meaning of the sentence completely and sometimes even convert the sentence to complete nonsense.
The importance of correct marks of punctuation has been brought out clearly in following article. Material has been collected from various sources on the net and from various books of grammar in preparing this article.
Pardon Impossible, to be sent to Siberia.
Pardon, impossible to be sent to Siberia
Czar Alexander the third had once sentenced a man to certain death by writing on the warrant-Pardon impossible, to be sent to Siberia. His wife, Czarina Maria, saved life of this man, by changing position of comma as shown above. Authorities set the man free.
The comma is considered a real villain among marks of punctuation. Wrong placement of comma can give different meaning to sentence depending upon where it is placed. Consider following sentences:
Let us eat, daddy. &
Let us eat daddy.
In the first sentence daddy is being called for dinner. However, in the second sentence, daddy himself has become an item to be eaten. Omission of comma in this case has converted the first sentence to complete non sense.
Hang him, not let him free &
Hang him not, let him free.
In above sentences, just shifting comma by one position has completely changed the meaning of the sentence.
In 1872, wrong placement of comma cost millions of dollars in import duties to US government. In a tariff act passed in 1872, list of duty free items included: “Fruit plants, tropical & semi tropical.”
A government clerk put the mark of comma at wrong place, which made the sentence read: “Fruit, plants tropical & semi tropical.”
Importers successfully contested in the courts that the passage as written meant that all tropical & semitropical plants were exempted from payment of duty.
Following pairs of sentences can also convince anybody regarding correct use of marks of punctuation:
The murder protested his innocence an hour after he was hanged.
The murder protested his innocence. An hour after, he was hanged.
The first sentence without comma is a complete nonsense. It means that the murderer protested his innocence after he was hanged!
Private- No swimming allowed.
Private? No. Swimming allowed.
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ℍℰℛℰ ⅈՏ ℽᝪႮℛ ᗅℕՏᗯℰℛ:
Marks of punctuation play very important role in giving intended meaning to the language. Use of wrong mark of punctuation or even wrong placement of mark of punctuation can change the meaning of the sentence completely and sometimes even convert the sentence to complete nonsense.
The importance of correct marks of punctuation has been brought out clearly in following article. Material has been collected from various sources on the net and from various books of grammar in preparing this article.
Pardon Impossible, to be sent to Siberia.
Pardon, impossible to be sent to Siberia
Czar Alexander the third had once sentenced a man to certain death by writing on the warrant-Pardon impossible, to be sent to Siberia. His wife, Czarina Maria, saved life of this man, by changing position of comma as shown above. Authorities set the man free.
The comma is considered a real villain among marks of punctuation. Wrong placement of comma can give different meaning to sentence depending upon where it is placed. Consider following sentences:
Let us eat, daddy. &
Let us eat daddy.
In the first sentence daddy is being called for dinner. However, in the second sentence, daddy himself has become an item to be eaten. Omission of comma in this case has converted the first sentence to complete non sense.
Hang him, not let him free &
Hang him not, let him free.
In above sentences, just shifting comma by one position has completely changed the meaning of the sentence.
In 1872, wrong placement of comma cost millions of dollars in import duties to US government. In a tariff act passed in 1872, list of duty free items included: “Fruit plants, tropical & semi tropical.”
A government clerk put the mark of comma at wrong place, which made the sentence read: “Fruit, plants tropical & semi tropical.”
Importers successfully contested in the courts that the passage as written meant that all tropical & semitropical plants were exempted from payment of duty.
Following pairs of sentences can also convince anybody regarding correct use of marks of punctuation:
The murder protested his innocence an hour after he was hanged.
The murder protested his innocence. An hour after, he was hanged.
The first sentence without comma is a complete nonsense. It means that the murderer protested his innocence after he was hanged!
Private- No swimming allowed.
Private? No. Swimming allowed.
___________________________
THANKS
please mark as a brainliest answer
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(i) Punctuation is an important part of grammar. It is used to create sense, clarity and stress in sentences. It is used to structure and organise our writing.
(ii) The exclamation mark is used after Amanda! to show the mother’s surprise on seeing Amanda. Amanda is a sulky and moody girl which upsets the mother.
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