A. PENDAHULUAN
Punctuation (tanda baca) adalah simbol-simbol yang digunakan untuk memisahkan kata, phrase dan kalimat sehingga kalimat menjadi jelas dan mudah dipahami. Tanda baca sangat penting untuk digunakan dalam sebuah bahasa lisan maupun tertulis. Dalam sebuah bahasa tertulis, pemakaian tanda baca membantu mengungkapkan makna yang dimaksudkan kalimat. Dalam sebuah bahasa lisan, tanda baca menunjukkan jeda dan intonasi yang akan digunakan saat membaca dengan suara keras.
B. ISI
Jenis-jenis Tanda Baca, Kegunaan, dan Contoh:
1. Apostrophe (’)
Apostrophe memiliki dua kegunaan yaitu untuk menunjukan Ownership (kepemilikan) dan contractions.

Contoh :
- Those are Herry’s books.
- Herry went to his grandparent’s house last week.

Contoh :
- Can not menjadi can’t.
- It is menjadi it’s
2. Capital Letters
Capital Letter adalah huruf capital pada kata pertama di setiap kalimat dan pada huruf pertama pada nama orang atau tempat.
Contoh:
- Indonesia has more than one thousands islands.
- I buy a dress for Dhea.
3. Colon (:)
Digunaka untuk menunujukan daftar sesuatu dan menunjukan kutipan.
Contoh:
- There are many kind of method in teaching: TPR, CLL, CLT, GTM and etc.
- The owner of the company said: “I have invested all my stocks.”
4. Comma (,)
Contoh:
- Therefore, we should write a letter to the prime minister.
- When the bell rang, I was in my bedroom doing my assignment.

Contoh:
- “I can come today,” she said, “but not tomorrow.”
- The teacher said to the students, “don’t forget to submit your homework next Friday”.

Contoh
- There are many beautiful beaches in Gunungkidul such as Sundak, Krakal, Baron and many more.
- Last week, I went to the beach with my friends. They were Syam, Lia, Ika and Indar.

Contoh:
- Halley William, who was born in 1990, is my favorite singer.
- The boy, who is standing there, is my boyfriend.
5. Dash (–)
Contoh:
- Mild, wet, and cloudy - these are the characteristics of weather in Vancouver.
- Blue, purple and green – these are my favorit colors.

Contoh:
- The children - Pierre, Laura, and Ashley - went to the store.
- The novel – Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn are created by Stephanie Meyer.

Contoh:
- The woman said, "I want to ask - " when the earthquake began to shake the room.
6. Ellipsis Points (...)
Ellipsis adalah pengurangan satu kata atau lebih dalam sebuah paragraph, biasanya digunakan pada kutipan. Ellipsis Points dapat diletakkan pada awal, tengah maupun akhir kalimat.
Contoh:
- The greater the knowledge of a reader, the better the comprehension of text.... Knowledge is an organized collection of information.... Comprehension within this framework is perceived more as confirmation of hypotheses about the way the world is thought to be than as a purely original assimilation of new facts.
7. Exclamation mark ( ! )
Digunakan pada akhir kalimat untuk menunjukan kegembiraan atau kejutan.
Contoh:
- “Congratulation!” she said to me because I have won the competition.
- “Help, help!” She shouted.
8. Full Stop ( . )

Contoh:
- I have finished my assignment last night.
- My teacher is a handsome man.
- I really love my boyfriend.

Contoh:
- Titles : M.Pd, M.Ag, M.Hum
- Abbreviation/ acronyms : Prof., U.S.A.,

Contoh:

Contoh:
- 6.5
- 22.6574
9. Hyphen ( - )
Contoh : sweet-smelling
fire-resistant
fire-resistant

Contoh : anti-Canadian
non-contact
non-contact

Contoh : one-quarter
twenty-three
twenty-three
10. Inverted Commas (or Quotation Marks) Single (‘ ’) or Double (“ ”)
Digunakan untuk menunjukan bahwa seseorang telah berkata secara langsung.
Contoh :
- "Hallie said, 'Mimi, please wash the dishes.'"
- "'Today,' said our teacher 'is the first day of the rest of your lives.'"
- The teacher suggests, ‘It’s better for you to study that playing games’.
11. Parentheses (or Brackets) ( )
Digunakan untuk menyertakan materi yang akan dijelaskan.
Contoh:
- Thirty-five years after his death, Robert Frost remains America's favorite poet. (We remember him at Kennedy's inauguration.)
- Thirty-five years after his death, Robert Frost (we remember him at Kennedy's inauguration) remains America's favorite poet
12. Question Mark (?)
Digunakan untuk menulis pertanyaan, menanyakan keterangan dan bertanya sesuatu.
Contoh:
- How many kind of Orchid?
- "Herry said 'How are you?' to Wulan."
- “Why don’t you buy a new one?”
13. Semi-Colon ( ; )
Contoh :
- The festival is very popular; people from all over the world visit each year.

Contoh :
- The three biggest cities in Canada are Toronto, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec; and Vancouver, B.C
14. Slash ( / )

Contoh : Dear Sir/Madam

Contoh : 1/2 (one half), 2/3 (two thirds)

Contoh : The speed limit is 100 km/h. (kilometres per hour)

Contoh : This is my a/c number. (account)

Contoh : He was born on 30/11/2007.


15. Underlining ( _ )
Digunakan untuk menekan atau menegaskan kata atau phrase dalam sebuah tulisan. Contoh:
- ..showed after the significance test that the true value was ...
(becomes ‘the true value’)
16. Variations in Printing: Bold Type (as this heading) and Italic Type (italics)

- Digunakan untuk menekankan kata dalam teks dan sangat berguna untuk menarik perhatian.
Contoh:
- Ensure that the correct fuse is fitted in the power-supply fuseholder (see Section 10 for specifications). If you are in doubt about making the electrical connections, consult a qualified electrician.
- Untuk menunjukan judul buku
Contoh :
- Teaching English as Foreign Language to Young Learners.
- Understanding and Using English Grammar.

Digunakan untuk menekankan kata atau kelompok kata dalam sebuah teks.
Contoh:
- The students have to try to link all files in Microsotf Power Point to files in Microsoft Word.
C. PENUTUP
Punctuation atau tanda baca sangatlah penting dalam bahasa lisan maupun tulisan. Tanpa tanda baca, sebuah bahasa akan sangat sulit untuk dipahami maksud dan artinya. Tanda baca berfungsi untuk mengklarifikasi makna dengan menunjukan pemisahan kata-kata menjadi kalimat, klausa dan frase. Apabila salah dalam menggunakan tanda baca maka akan mempengaruhi arti kaliamat. Jadi, tanda baca merupakan salah satu elemen atau unsur dalam sebuah bahasa yang harus dipelajari dan dipahami.
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