punctuation in dictation

Question

A million years ago when I was at school doing French dictees, the teacher would read out the punctuation. Would it be possible to do that, too? I don't feel like docking points off my score because I put a full stop rather than an exclamation mark!

Paul Fisquet · Accepted Answer

Be kind to yourself. No-one knows how you mark yourself or what your final score is. I never mark myself down for getting the exclamation marks wrong. And I certainly never feel guilty about it! It is not meant to be a strict dictation like in a school exam, and if they read out the punctuation it would certainly disrupt the flow of the passage or the conversation.

Chris Wirt · Answer

Since it's you grading yourself, why not be a bit more lenient when it comes to punctuation?