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Punctuation Guide for Learners

Punctuation is the system of symbols used to separate sentences and parts of sentences to make their meaning clear. Common punctuation marks include periods, commas, semicolons, colons, hyphens, dashes, question marks, exclamation marks, quotation marks, apostrophes, parentheses, brackets, and ellipses. Each symbol serves a distinct purpose to clarify meaning or structure in written language.

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Punctuation Guide for Learners

Punctuation is the system of symbols used to separate sentences and parts of sentences to make their meaning clear. Common punctuation marks include periods, commas, semicolons, colons, hyphens, dashes, question marks, exclamation marks, quotation marks, apostrophes, parentheses, brackets, and ellipses. Each symbol serves a distinct purpose to clarify meaning or structure in written language.

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Punctuation

Punctuation is the system of symbols (. , ! - : etc) that we use to separate sentences and parts of sentences, and to make their meaning clear. Each symbol is called a "punctuation mark".

Summary of Punctuation Marks


Click on the link for each punctuation mark to find out more. Punctuation Mark Name Example

. , ; :

full stop or period

I like English.

comma

I speak English, French and Thai.

semi-colon

I don't often go swimming; I prefer to play tennis.

colon

You have two choices: finish the work today or lose the contract.

-? ! /

hyphen

This is a rather out-of-date book.

dash

In each townLondon, Paris and Romewe stayed in youth hostels.

question mark

Where is Shangri-La?

exclamation mark

"Help!" she cried. "I'm drowning!"

slash, forward slash or oblique Please press your browser's Refresh/Reload button.

backslash

C:\Users\Files\jse.doc

double quotation marks

"I love you," she said.

single quotation marks

'I love you,' she said.

apostrophe

This is John's car.

__ _ () []

underline

Have you read War and Peace?

underscore

bin_lad@cia.gov

round brackets

I went to Bangkok (my favourite city) and stayed there for two weeks.

square brackets

The newspaper reported that the hostages [most of them French] had been released.

ellipsis mark

One happy customer wrote: "This is the best program...that I have ever seen."

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