Using punctuation in your writing helps the reader to clearly understand the message that is being conveyed. ... Punctuation primarily helps to indicate the pauses and the emphasis on certain ideas or thoughts that are discussed in the text.

What are the uses of punctuation?

Correct punctuation adds clarity and precision to writing; it allows the writer to stop, pause, or give emphasis to certain parts of the sentence.

How do you punctuate or in a sentence?

Complete sentences that are joined by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or, so, yet) need a comma before the coordinating conjunction. That might seem obvious, but this comma frequently gets left out. Putting it in makes a sentence more readable, and any reader appreciates that.