Writing Effectively at The World Health Organization

Punctuation

Your goal as a writer is to make your meaning clear, and make your document easy to read; punctuating correctly is an important part of achieving that goal.

Follow standard usage rules for the punctuation in your document. If you are in doubt about whether you have used punctuation appropriately for WHO, consult the WHO Style Guide; it contains guidelines on using colons and commas, apostrophes, brackets and parentheses, hyphens, and much more.

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