puntuation

Puntuation

14 punctuation marks

Sentence Endings

Comma, Semicolon, and Colon

Dash and the Hyphen

Brackets, Braces, and Parentheses

Apostrophe, Quotation Marks and Ellipsis

exclamation point (!) is used when a person wants to express a sudden outcry or add emphasis.

question mark (?) to indicate a direct question when placed at the end of a sentence.

period (.) is placed at the end of declarative sentences

comma is used to show a separation of ideas or elements within the structure of a sentence.

semicolon (;) is used to connect independent clauses

colon (:) after a word introducing a quotation, an explanation, an example, or a series.

dash is used to separate words into statements.

hyphen is used to join two or more words together into a compound term and is not separated by spaces.

Brackets are the squared off notations ([]) used for technical explanations or to clarify meaning. If you remove the information in the brackets, the sentence will still make sense.

Braces ({}) are used to contain two or more lines of text or listed items to show that they are considered as a unit.

Parentheses (() )are curved notations used to contain further thoughts or qualifying remarks.

between independent clauses when the second explains the first

is for emphasis

apostrophe (') is used to indicate the omission of a letter or letters from a word, the possessive case, or the plurals of lowercase letters.

Quotations marks (" ") are a pair of punctuation marks used primarily to mark the beginning and end of a passage attributed to another and repeated word for word.

The ellipsis is most commonly represented by three periods (. . . ) is used in writing or printing to indicate an omission, especially of letters or words. Ellipses are frequently used within quotations to jump from one phrase to another, omitting unnecessary words that do not interfere with the meaning.