Online Punctuation Checker for English

Punctuation uses graphic symbols and conventions that indicate how ideas in a piece of writing are organized in relation to each other. Periods ( .), commas ( ,), question marks ( ?), apostrophes ( ') and other punctuation marks tell the reader when a pause is needed to separate between different ideas or chunks of information, thus affecting the intonation and "feel" of the sentence, which in turn affect meaning. Other punctuation topics include capitalization, hyphenation, italicization, numbering, word spaces and indentation. Some specialists consider punctuation a part of a language's grammar.

Writers need to be cautious when it comes to good punctuation, starting from the basic need to separate a too long sentence such as the following, using periods at the end of a sentence and commas to separate lighter elements within a sentence.

As I was rushing out of the house to get to work I suddenly realized I had forgotten my car keys behind I went back in and started looking for them all over the house I couldn't find them anywhere so I was stuck I thought about what to do and decided to get a taxi but there was no one in sight As I was beginning to be late I started running
[a sentence running to nowhere]

Other punctuation marks, such as the semicolon ( ;) or various types of dashes ( –,—) require a deeper familiarity with English sentence structure and writing style conventions in order to be effectively used. A wide variety of punctuation marks, properly used within a text implies as to a better level of writing and has the potential of creating a stronger effect. In some writing scenarios involving strict editing, a zero-tolerance approach to punctuation errors has writers pay special attention to punctuation mark usage. Still, even experienced writers sometimes have a hard time deciding on the correct punctuation, as there may be several options to punctuate the same text. Still, the WhiteSmoke English writing software is the perfect solution for anyone who wishes to check a document's punctuation and make sure that its prospective reader is more able to comprehend the ideas conveyed in the written text.

Punctuation becomes even more crucial in cases where it is essential to disambiguate ambivalent sentences such as the famous case of:

"woman, without her man, is nothing" (chauvinist)
"woman: without her, man is nothing" (feminist)

Correct Your Punctuation Accurately and Professionally

Proper application of English punctuation rules is vital in order for your English writing to have a professional look. Writers of any written documents in areas such as business, law, academia, journalism or medicine must have them edited for punctuation. Be it in a business plan, a book review for school or even a love letter, even the most experienced writers could sometimes improve their punctuation. An advanced punctuation checker is therefore needed and recommended for any type of text editing.

The WhiteSmoke English Writing Software provides the leading solution assisting writers to overcome the challenges of writing by offering a highly advanced contextual punctuation checker that saves you time and editing costs. Advanced artificial intelligence enables the detection and correction of punctuation and other language related errors that may damage the image you want to project.

Writing with WhiteSmoke

WhiteSmoke English Writing Software is an all-in-one online writing solution based on Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology. The software provides groundbreaking contextual text correction that encompasses a smart grammar check and a precise spelling and punctuation editor. These go hand in hand with an enrichment engine that suggests synonyms and descriptive adjectives and adverbs, all bringing your text up to a higher level.

Demo - WhiteSmoke in Action

For a quick glimpse into how WhiteSmoke can enhance your text by correcting spelling, grammar and punctuation; and providing enrichment suggestions, kindly see the before-and-after-WhiteSmoke sample below, in which punctuation corrections are underlined and provided in green.

Spelling, Grammar, Enrichment

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ORIGINAL TEXT:

Dear Anne

We met a possible customers at the exhibition in Dallas. He was very intrested in our product line; however he have some issues with our priceing.

I think we can give him a discount. tell me what you think.

Tim

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WHITESMOKE SUGGESTIONS:

Dear Anne

We met a possible customers at the exhibition in Dallas. He was very intrested in our product line; however he have some issues with our priceing.

I think we can give him a discount. tell me what you think.

Tim

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EDITED TEXT:

Dear Anne,

We met a possible customer at the trade fair in Dallas. He was very interested in our new product line; however, he has some reservations with our pricing.

I strongly believe we can give him a price reduction. Tell me what you think.

Tim

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The WhiteSmoke 2008 Edition

New to the WhiteSmoke 2008 version are added features that include a streamlined Graphical User Interface (GUI) and the Notifier, which alerts users about suggested text modifications as they type in any text box. Added features to the grammar checker, more entries to the dictionary, thesaurus, and idiom database further enhance WhiteSmoke�s remarkable online English writing software. These can be supplemented by an optional Multi-Language Translator, giving you immediate foreign language translations within any WhiteSmoke dictionary entry. Finally, writing templates and English lesson educational pages complete the package WhiteSmoke provides for improving your English. All WhiteSmoke functions are performed online at a fraction of a second and all-in-all take English text enhancement to a completely new dimension.