Week 2
• 1. Punctuation Style
– A. Closed Punctuation
• Closed punctuation requires punctuation marks after
the date line, each line of the inside address, the
complimentary closing & each line of the signature.
Week 2
• 1. Punctuation Style
– A. Closed Punctuation
– EXAMPLES:
» June 10, 2004
» Mr. Samuel Ross
» 432 Allen Road
» Eugene, OR 97401
» Dear Mr. Ross:
» Sincerely yours,
» John F. Carsson
Week 2
• 1. Punctuation Style
– B. Open Punctuation
• Open punctuation does not require any punctuation
marks, unless it is necessary to abbreviate a word at
the end of a line.
Week 2
• 1. Punctuation Style
– B. Open Punctuation
– EXAMPLES:
» December 8, 2004
» Dr. Henry Jones
» 353 E. Greenwich Ave.
» Eugene, OR 97401
» Dear Dr. Jones
» Sincerely yours
» Frances E. Kent, M.D.
Week 2
• 1. Punctuation Style
– C. Mixed Punctuation
• Mixed punctuation, the preferred style today, is a
modification of open punctuation. It requires a
colon after the salutation & a comma after the
complimentary closing.
Week 2
• 1. Punctuation Style
– C. Mixed Punctuation
– EXAMPLES:
» Mr. Harry M. Stevens
» 1750 N. Seventh Ave.
» Eugene, OR 97401
» Dear Mr. Stevens:
» Yours truly,
» Edward G. Parker
Week 2
• 2. General Rules for Numbers
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Dates
Money
List & Series
Addresses
Fractions
Week 2
• 3. Rules of Capitalization
Week 2
• 4. Word Division in English
• WHENEVER YOU ARE IN DOUBT, CONSULT A
WORD DIVISION DICTIONARY
Week 2
• 5. List of most frequently misspelled words