Punctuation, Part 2

In this post I will be analyzing three different types of punctuation that I personally believe I could improve on in my writing. I have already commented on the colon, semicolon, and comma (Punctuation, Part 1).

Apostrophe
I've noticed that a fair number of people use apostrophes wrong. For example, a lot of people put in their biographies on Instagram, University of Arizona 19', which really doesn't make any sense because nothing comes after the 19. As mentioned in Rules for Writers, a lot of apostrophes are used as a way to show possession. I thought it was good they brought up joint possession because I wasn't really familiar with that beforehand.

Quotation Marks
Quotation marks are used a lot in essays, and I used them in especially in my rhetorical analysis essay because I wanted to provide support for my argument. I learned that you don't use quotation marks in long quotations; you simply indent the quote. I was already familiar that  you used an apostrophe to end a quotation inside a quotation. 

ie. I cited a quote in my essay. 
“An audiobook that is produced and performed well is a wonder that can make hours of driving slide by or take the dreariness out of a morning run, loading the dishwasher or folding laundry,” said Schwartz.

End punctuation
I think they only time I have been grammatically incorrect with periods is when I was citing something within an essay. I like how Rules for Writers addressed when to use a period, exclamation point or a quotation mark. I thought it was also helpful that they mentioned how after an abbreviation, like i.e., you do not add another period. 

ie. I put a period after the parenthetical citation.
While there can be certain qualities that can help make an audiobook better, there is no set of ingredients that make it an instant classic (Schwartz).

Fritz, Bruce. "Sunflowers." via Wikipedia. Public Domain License.