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Section Three- Punctuation

Rule	Instruction	Example
General Punctuation	Use proper punctuation whenever possible. Begin all HITs with a capital letter, end all HITs with a period. Exception: If you are confident the HIT ends mid-sentence leave the sentence without punctuation.
Discouraged Punctuation Marks	Em-dash -- Ellipses … Quotation Marks “ “ Semi-colon ; Colon : Exception: When punctuation is shown on screen in computer programming media, on-screen formatting takes precedence over punctuation rules.	I just read The Hunger Games. She said my email address is [e-mail].
Speaker Interruption	Use an en-dash to indicate a mid-sentence interruption by a second speaker Do not use an en-dash if the speaker interrupts him/herself.	Jiminy Crick-   >> Oh my!
Punctuation and Numbers	Do not use an apostrophe with ages or decades. Do not use a dash with number ranges, spell out ‘to’ or ‘through’.	The 60s were an exciting time in the US. You should exercise every day for 30 to 40 minutes.
Sentence Style & Breakpoints	Break up run-on sentences. Join sentence fragments. Think about how your sentences will be displayed on screen as video captions. Hint: Generally 40-60 characters is the optimal sentence length. Ideal Transcript: Okay, now you can see that once again we've got the preview going on. If I click Submit you can see that it does not make a request.	Too long: Okay, now you can see that once again we've got the preview going on, if I click Submit you can see that it does not make a request. Too short: Okay. Now you can see that once again. We’ve got the preview going on. If I click Submit. You can see that it does not make a request.

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