Puntuation Marks

Puntuation Marks

1. Slash

   • Ex: True/False: The sky is blue.
   • To show a choice between different words or phrases.

2. Question

   • Is used following a question in a sentence.
   • Will you go with me? You are French, aren't you?

3. Brackects

   • Is refer to all types of brackects which include, the curly brackects, parentheses, etc.
   • [the gift]

4. Comma

   • Commas save lives. It's not the same: Time to eat children! than Time to eat, children!
   • Is a puntuation mark that separates words, ideas in a sentence. It's also indicate a pause.
   • I like soda, tea, milk, chocolate and coffee.
   • Oxford comma: Victor, Sivia, Fredi, and Daniel are my cousins.

5. Quotation

   • Represent the exact lenguage that comes from another person.
   • Daniel said, “I think this is a good solution.” Iris said, “I agree.”
   • The structure is add a comma after said, then add a quotation and add a final period inside the quotation.

6. Parenthesis

   • Used to contain text that us not part of the main sentence, but that is to important.
   • He finally answer (after taking 5 minutes to think) that he did not know about the topic.
   • You can introduce abbreviations. For example: First Regional Bank (FRB).

7. Hyphens

   • Used to show that a word continues on the next line.
   • Mother-in-law.

8. Three dots

   • It's use to replacement for omitted words, an unfinished thought, a pause for effect and a trail off into silence.
   • I know he deserved it, but...

9. Apostrophe

   • When it's written to indicat that one or more letters have been left out of a word.
   • Marks possesion and it's use to indicate where the letters have been omitted.
   • A boy's shirt is under the chair. The men's hats were purchased at our store.

10. Colon

    • Consisting of two equally sized dots. Often procedes an explanation, a list, or to introduce a quoted sentence.
    • You have to choices: finish the work today or lose the contract.
    • And also separate units of time and independent clauses.

11. Exclamation

    • Surprise: Oh my God! What a fantastic gift. Urgent: Watch out for traffic signs! If you don't, you could die!
    • Is used to express strong feelings or emotions.

12. Period

    • It's primary grammatical use, is to clarify the readers where one sentence ends ad another begins.
    • If you use a question mark, an exclamatory, or imperative sentence, Don't use a period.
    • I wonder where my cat is.

13. Dash

    • Is a mark of separatio stronger than a comma, less formal than a colon, and more releaxed than a parenthesis.
    • "Abby gave me a terrible haircut—and she expect a tip!

14. Semicolon

    • Is use between items in a list or series when items contains commas.
    • There are eight members on the team: two from China and Japan; three from France and Spain; two from Brazil and chile; and one from India.