Punctuation in the English language helps the reader to understand a sentence through visual means other than just the letters of the alphabet. English...
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Punctuation marks are marks indicating how a piece of written text should be read (silently or aloud) and, consequently, understood. The oldest known...
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support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Japanese punctuation (Japanese: 約物, Hepburn: yakumono) includes various written marks (besides...
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Question mark (redirect from Question mark (punctuation))
known as interrogation point, query, or eroteme in journalism) is a punctuation mark that indicates a question or interrogative clause or phrase in many...
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Hebrew punctuation is similar to that of English and other Western languages, Modern Hebrew having imported additional punctuation marks from these languages...
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Full stop (redirect from Period (punctuation))
The full stop (Commonwealth English), period (North American English), or full point . is a punctuation mark used for several purposes, most often to...
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Dependent clause (category English grammar)
discussion of adjective clauses in languages other than English, see Relative clause#Examples. The punctuation of an adjective clause depends on whether it is...
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Comma (redirect from Comma (punctuation))
The comma , is a punctuation mark that appears in several variants in different languages. Some typefaces render it as a small line, slightly curved or...
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symbols. Irony punctuation is any form of notation proposed or used to denote irony or sarcasm in written text. Written text, in English and other languages...
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talking marks, speech marks, quote marks, quotemarks or speechmarks, are punctuation marks placed on either side of a word or phrase in order to identify...
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English grammar is the set of structural rules of the English language. This includes the structure of words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and whole texts...
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Writing systems that use Chinese characters also include various punctuation marks, derived from both Chinese and Western sources. Historically, jùdòu...
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learners learn more efficiently to read and write English. English writing also includes a system of punctuation marks that is similar to those used in most...
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Bracket (redirect from Bracket (punctuation))
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. They...
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The colon, :, is a punctuation mark consisting of two equally sized dots aligned vertically. A colon often precedes an explanation, a list, or a quoted...
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combination of East Asian and European punctuation, while North Korea uses more of the East Asian punctuation style. In the traditional Korean system...
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Conjunctive adverb (section English punctuation)
(then, since), exception (though), and comparison (whereas). Some common English conjunctive adverbs are: accordingly also anyway besides certainly consequently...
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The slash is a slanting line punctuation mark /. It is also known as a stroke, a solidus, a forward slash and several other historical or technical names...
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Serial comma (category Punctuation of English)
In English-language punctuation, the serial comma, also referred to as the series comma, Oxford comma, or Harvard comma, is a comma placed immediately...
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves (redirect from Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation)
today's society. Her goal is to remind readers of the importance of punctuation in the English language by mixing humour and instruction. Truss dedicates the...
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Ellipsis (redirect from Triple-dot punctuation mark)
points,: 19 or colloquially, dot-dot-dot,[not verified in body] is a punctuation mark consisting of a series of three dots. An ellipsis can be used in...
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Apostrophe (redirect from Apostrophe (punctuation))
or ’) is a punctuation mark, and sometimes a diacritical mark, in languages that use the Latin alphabet and some other alphabets. In English, the apostrophe...
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alphabet, arguing that it does not function as a form of punctuation. Hyphens are often used in English compound words. Written compound words may be hyphenated...
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Punctuation marks are one or two part graphical marks used in writing, denoting tonal progress, pauses, sentence type (syntactic use), abbreviations,...
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Semicolon (redirect from Semicolon (punctuation))
; (or semi-colon) is a symbol commonly used as orthographic punctuation. In the English language, a semicolon is most commonly used to link (in a single...
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Standard Deviants (category Use American English from May 2024)
information with humorous examples and comic sketches. For example, the English punctuation video illustrates the usage of exclamation points through a sketch...
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differences in punctuation rules. British English is more tolerant of run-on sentences, called "comma splices" in American English, and American English prefers...
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a colon-like punctuation mark to separate words. There are two Unicode characters dedicated for this: U+16EB ᛫ RUNIC SINGLE PUNCTUATION and U+16EC ᛬ RUNIC...
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Exclamation mark (redirect from Exclamation mark (punctuation))
exclamation mark ! (also known as exclamation point in American English) is a punctuation mark usually used after an interjection or exclamation to indicate...
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Typographical symbols and punctuation marks are marks and symbols used in typography with a variety of purposes such as to help with legibility and accessibility...
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