Punctuation #318

1.  I know that punctuation is used to clarify or organize thoughts.  It can also enhance the meaning of someone's writing. I want to refresh on the usage of commas, since I tend to over use them, and to know the difference between using a dash and colon.  


2.  I did not find podcast #318.  I was only able to read the article.
http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/dashes-colons-and-commas

3. & 4. 

AnonymousNovember 14, 2013 at 1:29 PM

Made it, very easy and delicious~I put the entire bag of cranberries in the cake, and also zested with orange, delish!!! Donna

Reply

http://www.barefeetinthekitchen.com/2011/12/cranberry-christmas-cake.html

The article said that commas, colons, and dashes can be used in place of each other.  I believe the statement above used them satisfactorily, but her effect could have been better if she used them differently.  Example:  (obviously sentence structure could be better as well, but I'm going to try to leave it as she wrote it).  Made it, very easy and delicious: I put the entire bag of cranberries in the cake and zested with orange - delish!!!  


5.  What I learned:

Dashes create a dramatic tone.  I don't need to capitalize after a dash.  I can think of the dash as a comma in this way.

Dashes, colons, and commas can interchange either, but they each can change the tone of the sentence.