For research article writing

1. Punctuations
Dr. Saravanan Chandran
Assistant Professor, NIT Durgapur.
dr.cs1973@gmail.com
Dr. Saravanan Chandran, India

2. Spacing
• All punctuations should be followed by a
space.
Example: Apple, Grapes, and Guava are my
favourite fruits.
• Punctuations symbol should follow
immediately after the text.
Note: In the above example there is no space
between “e” and “,” comma.
Dr. Saravanan Chandran, India

3. Comma ,
• Comma is used to separate items in a list.
• Two items in a list will be separated by and
Example: Apple and Grapes
Note: There wont be any comma here.
Dr. Saravanan Chandran, India

4. • More than two items in a list will be separated
by comma finally with an and
Example: Apple, Grapes, Guava, and Papaya …
Note: there is a comma before and
Dr. Saravanan Chandran, India

5. • Comma is used to set off adverbs such as
Example:
Therefore, Nevertheless, So, However, In fact,
Moreover, Furthermore …
• Also used to separate phrases to improve the
readability
Example:
I hope, you understand, punctuations now.
Dr. Saravanan Chandran, India

6. Full stop
• Full stop used to end a statement
Example:
An apple a day, keeps the doctor away.
Note: there should not be any space before dot
or full stop.
Dr. Saravanan Chandran, India

7. Colon :
• Colon used before list, description, definition,
and explanation.
Example:
I learnt many software: C, C++, Java, and
MATLAB
English: a language most used in the world.
Dr. Saravanan Chandran, India

8. Semicolon ;
• Semicolon used to separate major sentence
elements
Example:
I like to have coffee; my friend likes tea.
I visited Kolkata; Chennai and Delhi also.
Dr. Saravanan Chandran, India