BBC Learning English : "Does punctuation matter?"

BBC Learning English : "Does punctuation matter?" | B1-B2

10.12.2017 …

Par Ms Mirza

Why is punctuation important, and does it matter if we get it wrong ?
Neil and Alice discuss rhetoric, commas, and why using full stops when we’re texting can make us sound insincere.

This week's question : What is another word for the keyboard sign that represents a paragraph ?

Is it… a) pilcrow ? b) bodkin ? c) pica ? ... You'll hear the answer at the end of the programme.

**Vocabulary**
stuffy formal	sloppy careless
stickler somebody who insists on a certain way of doing a particular thing	irony using words to mean something that is the opposite of its most usual meaning
rhetoric the art of persuasive speaking	literal the usual meaning of a word or phrase
clause grammatical unit containing a subject and a verb	emoticons facial expressions made out of keyboard characters

And here is >> the transcript of the programme.

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