You can clearly tell this student: When writing a composition or composition test, each punctuation mark counts as one word.
As for the issue of punctuation counting as word count, the following aspects need to be clarified - 1. The word limit of the composition must be clarified
When reviewing the composition, you must pay attention to the writing requirements. Generally speaking, the last point is often about the number of words, for example: no less than 600 words; the number of words should be between 500-600.
These word limit limits must be adhered to. If the requirement is no less than 600 words and you only write 590 words (including punctuation marks), then the number of words does not meet the requirements and points will be deducted. Moreover, due to the small number of words resulting in a single volume of content, the content score will not be high. In addition, if the number of words is insufficient and points will be deducted, the composition score will appear to be low.
Therefore, when writing a composition, you must pay attention to the word count requirement. Of course, punctuation marks are included in the word count. 2. Punctuation marks must occupy a separate space
It should also be noted that punctuation marks must occupy one or two spaces alone. If they are squeezed behind a word and do not occupy a space, it will not count towards the number of words. Because it is impossible to count without squares, and it is not beautiful and does not meet the requirements.
Because the composition is written on grid paper, each punctuation mark occupies one grid and is counted as one word, and any punctuation mark that occupies two grids is counted as two words. Occupying two grids are ellipses and dashes.
Of course, it should also be noted that except for ellipses and dashes, other punctuation marks can only occupy one space, and cannot occupy more spaces. 3. You don’t have to count numbers when writing an essay
The number of words in each line of grid paper is fixed. During the exam, the numbers will be marked at a certain position on the grid paper, which is also clear at a glance, so don’t waste time Time to count the words.
You still have to write a good composition carefully, just pay a little attention to the number of words