Errors in the Use of Punctuation Marks among Polytechnic Students

Avomah Oscar Mac Akampirige and Apam Benjamin

International Journal of English Language and Literature Studies, 2014, vol. 3, issue 1, 93-98

Abstract: The purpose of the study was to identify and examine the level of errors in the usage of punctuation marks among students in Ghanaian Polytechnics. Data was collected using test results on an unpunctuated passage and a written speech. Results of the study revealed that students of the Polytechnics still have great challenges in identifying punctuation marks in written text. Another disturbing conclusion from the study indicated that students in Ghanaian Polytechnics use these punctuation marks inappropriately in their own free writing.

Keywords: Punctuation marks; Errors; Polytechnics; Lingua franca; Low standard; Inter-language; Ghana (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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