Punctuation rules – Brother WP330MDS User Manual

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If you select IGNORE: the system starts searching for the next punctuation error.

If you select REPLACE: the suggested mark replaces the suspect one and the

system starts searching for the next punctuation error.

If you select RETYPE; an input area appears and you can retype the correct mark

(instead of retyping, you can press i first to bring the suspect mark into the input
area, then edit the mark). When you press RETURN, the typed or edited mark

replaces the suspect one and the system starts searching for the next
punctuation error.

The proceee repeats until the end of the document, or until you press CODE +

GRAM or CANCEL to turn the Grammar Check system off.

NOTE:

If the word processor suspects an error but can make no suggestion as to
replacement, a screen similar to the one shown below will be displayed, and you

will be asked to type in a correction.

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The quick brown fox

PUNC'rUATlON . AliHsiiu*

hii

ptucntiu:!»!», brfU'keh ur quofatidti in.irk.

SUSPECT MARK:)

No Kuggciilukiu

►MElv«JliSfiSREw EDIT

Se/ecf IGNORE to proceed to the next suspect area or select EDIT to correct the
error. The word processor will return to WP application. The cursor will move to

the position after the error and the following message will appear:

Edit the error. Move cursor to starting point and press GRAM to check.

Punctuation Rules

The following are considered punctuation rules.

1. Two spaces after periods, exclamation points, and question marks.

Exceptions: Periods used in abbreviations such as “U.S.A.” and “a.m.”

2. Sentences must begin with a capital letter.

3. Ellipses are composed of three periods separated by spaces.

4. A single space after commas.

Excoption: Commas used in numbers such as "100,000"or “$2,B00”

5. Only one space after colons and semicolons.

Exception: colons used in times, such as “12:40 p.m.”

6. No space or only a single space before and after hyphens and dashes.

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