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period.
? Question Used at the end of a question or Where is your book?
mark interrogation.
! Exclamation Used at the end of a sentence or phrase Wow!! What a fantastic book!
mark to add emphasis
, Comma Used as a separator between words. He has a book, a pencil, a pen
Helps to make the meaning clear. and a ruler.
’ Apostrophe 1-Takes the place of missing letters. He’s = he is don’t = do not
2-Used to show possession Bill’s car Ann’s bag
“-----” Quotation Used to show direct speech. Can be She said, “My name is Ann.”
‘......’ marks single or double - also called inverted ‘Goodbye,’ he called.
commas.
( ) Brackets Also called parenthesis. Used to set off Eat some green leafy vegetables
remarks that explain but are not part of (broccoli, cabbage, lettuce)
the main sentence. every day.
Hyphen Used to divide words or to connect X-ray, twenty-three,
- words. ex-husband, mother-in-law
Semi colon Used to join two connected complete The guests are arriving; they are
; thoughts. almost at the door.
colon Shows a division in writing, or before a Groceries for tomorrow: milk,
: list bread, sugar, cheese, oranges.