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Saturday, April 24, 2021
This post is a list of English punctuation marks. There are 13 marks listed below alphabetically. License: CC BY-SA 3.0
Apostrophe: '
"In English, it is used for four purposes: marking the omission of one or more letters... marking the possessive case of nouns... marking of plurals of individual characters... as quotation marks, particularly for quotes within quotes..." (Wikipedia: Apostrophe, 7.18.21 UTC 11:06)
Braces: {}
"...rarely used in prose and have no widely accepted use in formal writing, but may be used to mark words or sentences that should be taken as a group." (Wikipedia: Bracket, 7.17.21 UTC 03:28)
Brackets: []
"...commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings." (Wikipedia: Bracket, 7.17.21 UTC 03:28)
Comma: ,
"Commas are placed between items in lists... Commas are often used to separate clauses... Commas are always used to set off certain adverbs at the beginning of a sentence." (Wikipedia: Comma, 7.28.21 UTC 15:38)
Colon: :
"In modern English usage, a complete sentence precedes a colon, while a list, description, explanation or definition follows it." (Wikipedia: Colon, 8.16.21 UTC 20:23)
Ellipsis: ...
"The ellipse can be used to represent an intentional silence... In news reporting, often put inside square brackets, it is used to indicate that a quotation has been condensed for space, brevity or relevance..." (Wikipedia: Ellipsis, 7.28.21 UTC 17:51)
Exclamation point: !
"...indicate strong feelings or high volume or to show emphasis." (Wikipedia: Exclamation point, 8.14.21 UTC 16:48)
Hyphen: -
"The hyphen is... used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word." (Wikipedia: Hyphen, 8.6.21 UTC 19:03)
Parentheses: ()
"...serves to clarify... or is aside from the main point." (Wikipedia: Bracket, 7.17.21 UTC 03:28)
Period: .
"...used for several purposes, most often to mark the end of a declarative sentence." (Wikipedia: Full stop, 7.24.21 UTC 13:04)
Quotation mark: "
"...placed in pairs around a word or phrase to indicate: quotation or direct speech..." (Wikipedia: Quotation mark, 8.17.21 UTC 13:46)
Question mark: ?
"...indicates an interrogative clause..." (Wikipedia: Question Mark, 8.7.21 UTC 11:37)
Semicolon: ;
"...used to to link (in a single sentence) two independent clauses that are closely related in thought." (Wikipedia: Semicolon, 8.12.21 UTC 02:42)