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Punctuation Marks
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(a) Use a comma in a sentence pertinently but don’t overuse. (ex) Prefer I love you too rather than I love you, too. (b) Use commas to count numbers or to list several items. (ex) 1, 2, 3 (c) If commas used for movie titles, lyrics, etc. in transcription, it may use in the same position in subtitles. (d) Do not mark a comma at the end of a sentence. (ex) I heard that it’s right, (X) I heard that it’s right. (O)
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(a) Use question marks only when necessary and don’t overuse. (b) Use just one question mark at the end of a sentence. 물음표는 문장 말미에는 한 개만 사용한다.
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(a) Use exclamation marks when necessary and don’t overuse. (b) Use only one question marks at the end of a sentence.`
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(a) Use three periods(…) to indicate ellipses. Don’t use ellipses or hyphen in Unicode instead of periods. (b) Use ellipses only when a dialogue left unfinished(tail off) on purpose or slur the end of a sentence, paused abruptly.
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(a) Use hyphens to distinguish multiple speakers. (b) Use (-) not (⁻) as a hyphen.
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(a) Use square brackets to indicate on-screen text.
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(a) Use parentheses in the same place of transcriptions only when they used in transcriptions. Read more about it at [Chapter 2. Format - [5] On-screen Text].
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(a) Use slash to distinguish more than one on-screen text when they are displayed.
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(a) Use quotation marks to quote, emphasize, indicate various titles. Read more about it at [Chap.3. Notation-[2] Quote & Emphasize] and [Chap.3 Notation-[10] Title / Logo] .
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(a) Use single quotation marks to quote, emphasize, indicate various titles. Read more about it at [Chap.3. Notation-[2] Quote & Emphasize] and [Chap.3. Notation-[10] Title].
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(a) Use apostrophe to contract a sentence. (b) Use apostrophe to be grammatical.
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(a) Use asterisk to censor some part of dialogues. Read more about it at [Chap.3. Notation-[3] Proper Noun] and [Chap.4. Typing Style-[7]. Slang / Swear Words].
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(a) Use colons only to indicate score if sprots, games, etc. and specific time. Read more about it at [Chap.3. Notation-[5] Number][Chap.3. Notation-[6] Date & Time].
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(a) Use tildes only to indicate range. (ex) 40~50kg
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(a) Use ampersands only when they are used for proper nouns. (ex) R&B