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A '''punctuation mark''' is one of a set of marks or signs used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases.

A '''punctuation mark''' is one of a set of marks or signs used to clarify meaning. This is by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases.

Examples of punctuation marks include:

Examples of punctuation marks include:

* Acute accent (é) - The acute accent is a symbol placed over a vowel in some languages, especially [[French]].

:<big>&</big> — An [[ampersand]] is used to represent conjunction (the use of the word "and").

* Ampersand (&) - Is used to represent conjunction (the use of the word "and").

:<big><nowiki>'</nowiki></big> — An [[apostrophe]] indicates possession, or the omission of one or more letters from a word.

* [[Apostrophe]] (') - Indicates possession, or the omission of one or more letters from a word.

:<big>:</big> — A colon is used after a word that introduces a series, or an example, or an explanation.

:<big>,</big> — A comma used to separate words or phrases in a sentence.

* Colon (:) - Used after a word that introduces a series, or an example, or an explanation.

:<big>...</big> — An [[ellipsis]] is used to indicate that part of a sentence or sequence has been omitted.  

* Comma (,) - Used to separate words or phrases in a sentence.

:<big>!</big> — An [[exclamation point]] is used to stress the preceding point, or to show feeling.

* Ellipsis (...) - Used to indicate that part of a sentence or sequence has been omitted.  

:<big>-</big> — A [[hyphen]] or dash is used to separate the parts of a compound word or noun, or between the syllables of a word when the word has to be divided at the end of a line of text.

* Exclamation point (!) - Used to stress the preceding point, or to show feeling.

* Full stop (.) - Used to indicate the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop, or after abbreviations of words.

:<big>?</big> — A [[question mark]] is used at the end of a sentence to indicate that a question has been asked.

* Hyphen (or dash) (-) - Used to separate the parts of a compound word or noun, or between the syllables of a word when the word has to be divided at the end of a line of text.

:<big>"</big> — A [[quotation mark]] (or inverted commas) are used to attribute the text enclosed within the commas to someone else.

* Question mark (?) - Used at the end of a sentence to indicate that a question has been asked.

:<big>;</big> — A [[semicolon]] is used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period.

* Inverted commas (") -  Used to attribute the text enclosed within the commas to someone else.

:<big>/</big> — A [[slash]] is used to separate related items of information.

* Semicolon (;) - Used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period.

:<big>~</big> — A [[tilde]] is used in text to indicate the omission of a word.

* Separatrix (/) - Used to separate related items of information.

* Tilde (or swung dash) (~) - Used in text to indicate the omission of a word.

* Umlaut (ü) - An accent, represented by two dots above the vowel, used in some languages, especially [[German]] and [[Afrikaans]].

[[category:Linguistics]]

*[[Diacritic]]

 

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