The Basic Signs of Punctuation

The Basic Signs of Punctuation

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• the comma ,
• the full stop .
• the exclamation mark !
• the question mark ?
• the semi-colon ;
• the colon :
• the apostrophe '
• quotation marks “   ”
• the hyphen -  
• the dash –
• brackets (  )  or [   ]
• the slash / the forward slash or backward slash
• underscore _
• hash # 

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comma

Quotation marks

Question marks, exclamation points

The Colon

There are three rules for good writing: clarity, clarity, and clarity.

The Semicolon

She was beginning to get better; she had stopped fainting the day before.

The custody case involved Mary Penople, the child; Diane Brown, the natural mother; and George and Nadia Penople, the adoptive parents.

The Hyphen

mother-in-law

The Dash

En dash

pages 12–43

Em dash

A strong father figure in the home is essential—especially for opening jars.

The Ellipsis

To indicate the omission of material in a quote use ellipsis points ( . . . ).

Example:     "The president . . . wants to . . . decrease taxes," reported Roger Mudd.