Punctuation

. period: ends a sentence & for abbreviation (ex: 1 space after) example: Peemak is a Thai comedy and horror film based on the legend of a man and his dead wife. , comma: when the words/phrases/clauses in front and behind can switch places example: As the woman stretched her hand between the wooden floor boards, the husband while watching from a gap expressed a bewildered look.

– EM dash: replace a comma, parentheses (guide the eyes of your reader to something important) example: The five people sat in the boat in terror-the old boat was moving towards a deceased body. - EN dash: to hyphenate something example: The man returned to his home with his friends from the war during 1950-1956. : colon: indicates whatever comes after is related to the word came before (lists, answers, definitions) example: The wife and husband decided to go in a maze with a series of scares: ; semi-colon: (not versatile, argumentative writing) connecting independent clauses example: The woman had died during childbirth alone with no one to help; that was the rumor spreading around the village. ? question mark: ends a question (interrogative sentence) example: Who is the real ghost in this ghost, the husband’ s friend or wife? ! exclamation mark: emphasizes words, points, or ideas (ends an exclamatory sentences) example: The people started screaming as her neck extended all the way to the ceiling!

‘ apostrophe: contractions, possession, or quote mark: when quoting something inside a quote example: He ’ s gradually becoming worried and conspiring on who the real ghost is.

“ ” quotation marks: anything coming from something else example: In the original folklore, people who tried to warn Pee Mak about the spirit “ mysteriously died. ” … ellipses: something is unsaid (ex: no answer/skipping words, condensing) example: In the legend, the powerful ghost who was locked in a jar was thrown in the river until… [ ] brackets: what has been added, manipulates quotes example: He did [not] believe that his wife was deceased and threatening the village. ( ) parentheses: parenthetical information (unnecessary for the flow of sentences/ideas but could be helpful/useful) example: The exorcist was able to lock Nae Mak (the angry and sorrowful ghost) in a jar as her husband desperately seeked help. / back slash: used for a decision (ex: and/or) example: The legend states that Nae Mak grabbed a comb out of the floor/picked up a lime that fell under the porch through the wooden boards.