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Punctuation Marks in English Grammar

The document defines various punctuation marks used in English grammar, including their symbols, definitions, and examples of use. It covers common punctuation such as periods, question marks, exclamation points, commas, semicolons, colons, dashes, hyphens, brackets, braces, parentheses, apostrophes, quotation marks, single quotation marks, and ellipses. Each punctuation mark has a specific purpose to clarify meaning or provide structure in written English sentences and phrases.

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Punctuation Marks in English Grammar

The document defines various punctuation marks used in English grammar, including their symbols, definitions, and examples of use. It covers common punctuation such as periods, question marks, exclamation points, commas, semicolons, colons, dashes, hyphens, brackets, braces, parentheses, apostrophes, quotation marks, single quotation marks, and ellipses. Each punctuation mark has a specific purpose to clarify meaning or provide structure in written English sentences and phrases.

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Punctuation Marks in English

Grammar
PUNCTUATION SYMBOL DEFINITION EXAMPLE
It is placed at the end - Jane and Jack went to the
of declarative sentences, market.
PERIOD . statements thought to be - Her son, John Jones Jr., was
complete and after many born on Dec. 6, 2008.
abbreviations.
QUESTION ? To indicate a direct question - When did Jane leave for the
MARK when placed at the end of a market?
sentence.
EXCLAMATION ! It is used when a person wants - "Holy cow!" screamed Jane.
POINT to express a sudden outcry or - My mother-in-law's rants
add emphasis. make me furious!
To show a separation of ideas or -Thanks for all your help, John.
elements within the structure of -We went to the movies, and
COMMA , a sentence. Additionally, it is then we went out to lunch.
used in numbers, dates and -Suzi wanted the black, green,
letter writing after the and blue dress.
salutation and closing.
To connect independent -John was hurt; he knew she
clauses. It shows a closer only said it to upset him.
SEMICOLONS ; relationship between the
clauses than a period would
show.
It is after a word introducing a -He was planning to study four
quotation, an explanation, an subjects: politics, philosophy,
example, or a series. sociology and economics.
COLON :
it is between independent -I didn't have time to get
clauses, when the second changed: I was already late.
explains the first, similar to a
semicolon
-There was one thing she loved
It is used for emphasis more than any other: her dog.

It is used to separate words into


statement. There are two
common types of dashes: en
dash and em dash.
En dash: Slightly wider than a -1880-1945
DASH - hyphen, the en dash is a symbol -Princeton-New York trains.
(-) that is used in writing or
printing to indicate a range or
connections and
differentiations.
Em dash: Twice as long as the -She gave him her answer - No!
en dash, the em dash can be
used in place of a comma,
parenthesis, or colon to
enhance readability or
emphasize the conclusion of a
sentence.
It is used to join two or more -Part-time
HYPHEN - words together into a -Back-to-back
compound term and is not -Well-known.
separated by spaces.
They are used for technical -He [Mr. Jones] was the last
explanations or to clarify person seen at the house.
BRACKETS [] meaning. If you remove the
information in the brackets, the
sentence will still make sense.
They are used to contain two or 2{1+[23-3]}=x
more lines of text or listed items
to show that they are
considered as a unit. They are
not commonplace in most
BRACES {} writing, but can be seen in
computer programming to
show what should be contained
within the same lines.They can
also be used in mathematical
expressions.
They are curved notations used - John and Jane (who were
to contain further thoughts or actually half brother and sister)
PARENTHESES () qualifying remarks. However, both have red hair.
parentheses can be replaced by
commas without changing the
meaning in most cases.
It is used to indicate the - I've seen that movie several
omission of a letter or letters times. She wasn't the only one
APOSTROPHE ‘ from a word, the possessive who knew the answer.
case, or the plurals of lowercase - Sara's dog bit the neighbor.
letters - Six people were told to mind
their p's and q's.
They are a pair of punctuation - "Don't go outside," she said.
marks used primarily to mark
the beginning and end of a
QUOTATIONS ““ passage attributed to another
MARKS and repeated word for word.
They are also used to indicate
meanings and to indicate the
unusual or dubious status of a
word.
SINGLE They are used most frequently -Marie told the teacher, "I saw
QUOTATION for quotes within quotes. Marc at the playground, and
MARKS '' he said to me 'Bill started the
fight,' and I believed him."
It is used in writing or printing -She began to count, "One,
to indicate an omission, two, three, four…" until she
especially of letters or words. got to 10, then went to find
Ellipses are frequently used him.
within quotations to jump from -When Newton stated, "An
ELLIPSIS … one phrase to another, omitting object at rest stays at rest and
unnecessary words that do not an object in motion stays in
interfere with the meaning. motion..." he developed the
law of motion.

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