ABSTRACT
Lithuanian punctuation is based on syntactical, semantical and intonational criteria that are interconnected. The norms presented in this chapter are based on the grammatical criteria because the semantic and the intonational criteria depend on the intentions and the perspective of the writer. In any given situation, the following practical rules are important: not to separate the subject from the predicate (there can be no comma between them); to separate from both sides those parts of the sentence that need to be separated (words of explanation, interpolation, participial, half-participial or gerundial modifiers, components of the composite sentence, etc.).
