Punctuation

Of orthography and mark.   May also be referred to as punctuation mark.

The marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases.

This concept's ID is @1~36450

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  • quote 3 facts

    A punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else.

  • stop 1 facts

    A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop...

  • ampersand 0 facts

    A punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and).

  • apostrophe 0 facts

    The mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed wor...

  • brace 0 facts

    Either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material.

  • bracket 0 facts

    Either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material.

  • angle bracket 0 facts

    Either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes...

  • colon 0 facts

    A punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation...

  • comma 0 facts

    A punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical...

  • exclamation mark 0 facts

    A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation.

  • dash 0 facts

    A punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a...

  • parenthesis 0 facts

    Either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material.

  • question mark 0 facts

    A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question.

  • semicolon 0 facts

    A punctuation mark (`;') used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation...

  • stroke 0 facts

    A punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information.

  • swung dash 0 facts

    A punctuation mark used in text to indicate the omission of a word.