The term mechanics refers to the proper application of punctuation
and other design elements to sentences.
The following items are classified as concerns of mechanics:
- Apostrophe ( ' )
- Brackets { [ ] }
- Colon ( : )
- Comma ( , )
- Dash ( -- )
- Ellipsis ( . . . )
- Hyphen ( - )
- Parentheses { ( ) }
- Quotation Marks ( " " )
- Semicolon ( ; )
- Underlining ( __ )