Punctuation marks

Punctuation marks

1. ¿What is punctuation?

   • Punctuation is a system composed by a list of symbols. "It's used" for the better understanding in a sentence.

2. ¿What is a sentence?

   • A sentence is a little piece of text that starts with a capital letter and ends with a exclamation symbol, a question or a point

3. The comma

   • The comma (,) is a symbol used in a sentence to: make a short pause, separate items in a list, when using more than one adjective and toadd a phrase that does not contain any new subject
     • Examples
       • My best friend is beautifull, adorable and fancy
       • I'd like an egg, cookies, ham and some milk

4. The point (Or "Full stop")

   • The point (.) is a symbol used to end a sentence or indicate an abbreviation
     • Examples
       • I want to live 56 more years.
       • Mr. Jack is buying a new car

5. The exclamation mark

   • The exclamation mark (!) is used to indicate a strong feeling in a sentece or tu accentuate a feeling in a word (Sometimes, it can be used in giving a "Sharp instruction" or in a "laugh")
     • Example
       • HA-HA!
       • I need help!

6. The question mark

   • The question mark (?) is used to indicate that the sentence is asking something. The question mark counts as a point too.
     • Examples
       • Is that your tea?
       • Are you hungry?

7. The semi-colon

   • The semi-colon (;) It is used in a sentence when composing a list and "When joining connected sentences".
     • Examples
       • I flew to paris, france; Vienna, Austria and Berlin, Germany.
       • We started to play ultimate; the disc seemed to be perfect.

8. The colon

   • The colon (:) it indicates a very short pause. It is used to describe a title or when listing.
     • Examples
       • You have to buy: Potatoes, carrots and tomatoes.
       • Lord of the rings: The rising of the hobbits

9. The apostrophe

   • The apostrophe (') is used to indicate ownership or to indicate when omitting letters
     • Exaxmple
       • This headphones are Mateo's
       • They're in the jungle

10. The quotation marks

    • The quotation marks (") are used in a sentence to quote something or to "mark out speech"
      • Example
        • The teacher said "You'll have to come on sundays"
        • "Fox, don't take it"

11. The hyphen

    • The Hyphen (-) is used to connect words
      • Examples
        • I use a lot of semi-colons
        • This week-end wll be nice

12. The brackets

    • The brackets () are used to point out or to make enphasis in something written.
      • Examples:
        • Those kids are from primary (Which includes 1,2,3,4,5 and 6th grade.)
        • They were (and are) working at the mine
    • The brackets [] are used to abbreviate quotations, change the tence in a quotation and to add a word or words in a quotation.
      • Examples
        • "To abbreviate lengthy quotations in an essay or report [...]"
        • "For example, if you were writing about class structure, you might use the [next]:

13. The slash

    • The slash (/) is used insead "or and etc."
      • Examples
        • Is that a strawberry/Blackberry
        • I like bands like: Black sabbath, mötorhead, megadeth/.