One may argue that punctuation is excessively confusing, but in fact a piece of text without punctuation would be even more confusing. Rebecca Hillary, in her book: Write good: punctuation, claims that lack of punctuation and syntax leaves meaning very unclear and makes general hard reading for the reader (12). It is extremely important in the University to write in a certain format that is understandable by the reader - in other words, the marker - for which well-placed punctuation marks and correct grammar is necessary. As an essential feature of the English language, punctuation is what alters the meaning and creates grammatical sense in a piece of writing. For example, ‘A woman: without her, man is nothing’ and ‘A woman without her man is nothing’, looking at the sentence above, we are able to see by removing all the punctuation mark the same sentence possess exactly opposite meanings (The Importance of Punctuation). Therefore, to portray and grasp ideas effectively correct grammar and accurate use of punctuation are essential so the University should insist to retain the standard format for academic writing rather than to relax the variety of English that it
One may argue that punctuation is excessively confusing, but in fact a piece of text without punctuation would be even more confusing. Rebecca Hillary, in her book: Write good: punctuation, claims that lack of punctuation and syntax leaves meaning very unclear and makes general hard reading for the reader (12). It is extremely important in the University to write in a certain format that is understandable by the reader - in other words, the marker - for which well-placed punctuation marks and correct grammar is necessary. As an essential feature of the English language, punctuation is what alters the meaning and creates grammatical sense in a piece of writing. For example, ‘A woman: without her, man is nothing’ and ‘A woman without her man is nothing’, looking at the sentence above, we are able to see by removing all the punctuation mark the same sentence possess exactly opposite meanings (The Importance of Punctuation). Therefore, to portray and grasp ideas effectively correct grammar and accurate use of punctuation are essential so the University should insist to retain the standard format for academic writing rather than to relax the variety of English that it