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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".

Although there are general rules for English punctuation, there are differences of styles between, for example, British and American English, some publishers and some writers.
The Value of Punctuation
An English teacher wrote these words on the whiteboard: "woman without her man is nothing". The teacher then asked the students to punctuate the words correctly.

The men wrote:
"Woman, without her man, is nothing."

The women wrote:
"Woman! Without her, man is nothing."

Summary of Punctuation Marks

Mark Name Example
. full stop/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- hyphen This is a rather out-of-date book.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 town—London, Paris and Rome—we stayed in youth hostels.
? question mark Where is Shangri-La?
! exclamation mark "Help!" she cried. "I'm drowning!"
/ oblique/slash Please press your browser's Refresh/Reload button.
" quotation marks "I love you," she said.
' apostrophe This is John's car.
( ) round brackets I went to Bagkok (my favourite city) and stayed there for two weeks.
[ ] square brackets The newspaper reported that the hostages [most of them French] had been released.
{ } braces  
... ellipsis One happy customer wrote: "This is the best program...that I have ever seen."

 

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