Punctuation mark - Revision history

DavidB4-bot: /* See also */clean up

2016-06-23T20:46:56Z

PeterKa: hyphen to dash

2014-07-06T04:27:41Z

hyphen to dash

PeterKa: "big" size

2014-07-05T05:47:57Z

"big" size

PeterKa: remove astericks

2014-07-05T05:44:56Z

remove astericks

PeterKa: reformat

2014-07-05T05:43:24Z

reformat

PeterKa: /* See also */ Diacritic

2014-07-05T05:34:16Z

Aortuso: minor

2011-08-05T05:00:40Z

minor

JessicaT: cat

2008-09-20T13:46:31Z

cat

BrianCo: circumflex

2008-09-19T22:03:14Z

circumflex

BrianCo: remove diacriticals

2008-09-19T22:01:54Z

remove diacriticals

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:46, June 23, 2016
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	*[[Diacritic]]		*[[Diacritic]]

−	[[~~category~~:Linguistics]][[Category:Punctuation]]	+	[[Category:Linguistics]][[Category:Punctuation]]

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 :<big>&</big> — An [[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.
+:<big><nowiki>'</nowiki></big> — An [[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.

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 Examples of punctuation marks include:
-:'''&''' — An [[ampersand]] is used to represent conjunction (the use of the word "and").
+:<big>&</big> — An [[ampersand]] is used to represent conjunction (the use of the word "and").
-:'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>''' - An [[apostrophe]] indicates possession, or the omission of one or more letters from a word.
+:<big><nowiki>'</nowiki></big> - An [[apostrophe]] indicates possession, or the omission of one or more letters from a word.
-:''':''' — A colon is used after a word that introduces a series, or an example, or an explanation.
+:<big>:</big> — A colon is used after a word that introduces a series, or an example, or an explanation.
-:''',''' — A comma used to separate words or phrases in a sentence.
+:<big>,</big> — A comma used to separate words or phrases in a sentence.
-:'''...''' — An [[ellipsis]] is used to indicate that part of a sentence or sequence has been omitted.
+:<big>...</big> — An [[ellipsis]] is used to indicate that part of a sentence or sequence has been omitted.
-:'''!''' — An [[exclamation point]] is used to stress the preceding point, or to show feeling.
+:<big>!</big> — An [[exclamation point]] is used to stress the preceding point, or to show feeling.
-:'''-''' — 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.
+:<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.
-:'''.''' — A [[period]] or full stop is used to indicate the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop, or after abbreviations of words.
+:<big>.</big> — A [[period]] or full stop is used to indicate the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop, or after abbreviations of words.
-:'''?''' — A [[question mark]] is used at the end of a sentence to indicate that a question has been asked.
+:<big>?</big> — A [[question mark]] is used at the end of a sentence to indicate that a question has been asked.
-:'''"''' — A [[quotation mark]] (or inverted commas) are used to attribute the text enclosed within the commas to someone else.
+:<big>"</big> — A [[quotation mark]] (or inverted commas) are used to attribute the text enclosed within the commas to someone else.
-:''';''' — A [[semicolon]] is used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period.
+:<big>;</big> — A [[semicolon]] is used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period.
-:'''/''' — A [[slash]] is used to separate related items of information.
+:<big>/</big> — A [[slash]] is used to separate related items of information.
-:'''~''' — A [[tilde]] is used in text to indicate the omission of a word.
+:<big>~</big> — A [[tilde]] is used in text to indicate the omission of a word.
 ==See also==

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 Examples of punctuation marks include:
-* '''&''' — An [[ampersand]] is used to represent conjunction (the use of the word "and").
+:'''&''' — An [[ampersand]] is used to represent conjunction (the use of the word "and").
-* '''<nowiki>'</nowiki>''' - An [[apostrophe]] indicates possession, or the omission of one or more letters from a word.
+:'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>''' - An [[apostrophe]] indicates possession, or the omission of one or more letters from a word.
-* ''':''' — A colon is used after a word that introduces a series, or an example, or an explanation.
+:''':''' — A colon is used after a word that introduces a series, or an example, or an explanation.
-* ''',''' — A comma used to separate words or phrases in a sentence.
+:''',''' — A comma used to separate words or phrases in a sentence.
-* '''...''' — An [[ellipsis]] is used to indicate that part of a sentence or sequence has been omitted.
+:'''...''' — An [[ellipsis]] is used to indicate that part of a sentence or sequence has been omitted.
-* '''!''' — An [[exclamation point]] is used to stress the preceding point, or to show feeling.
+:'''!''' — An [[exclamation point]] is used to stress the preceding point, or to show feeling.
-* '''-''' — 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.
+:'''-''' — 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.
-* '''.''' — A [[period]] or full stop is used to indicate the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop, or after abbreviations of words.
+:'''.''' — A [[period]] or full stop is used to indicate the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop, or after abbreviations of words.
-* '''?''' — A [[question mark]] is used at the end of a sentence to indicate that a question has been asked.
+:'''?''' — A [[question mark]] is used at the end of a sentence to indicate that a question has been asked.
-* '''"''' — A [[quotation mark]] (or inverted commas) are used to attribute the text enclosed within the commas to someone else.
+:'''"''' — A [[quotation mark]] (or inverted commas) are used to attribute the text enclosed within the commas to someone else.
-* ''';''' — A [[semicolon]] is used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period.
+:''';''' — A [[semicolon]] is used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period.
-* '''/''' — A [[slash]] is used to separate related items of information.
+:'''/''' — A [[slash]] is used to separate related items of information.
-* '''~''' — A [[tilde]] is used in text to indicate the omission of a word.
+:'''~''' — A [[tilde]] is used in text to indicate the omission of a word.
 ==See also==

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 Examples of punctuation marks include:
-* [[Ampersand]] ('''&''') - Is used to represent conjunction (the use of the word "and").
+* '''&''' — An [[ampersand]] is used to represent conjunction (the use of the word "and").
-* [[Apostrophe]] ('''<nowiki>'</nowiki>''') - Indicates possession, or the omission of one or more letters from a word.
+* '''<nowiki>'</nowiki>''' - An [[apostrophe]] indicates possession, or the omission of one or more letters from a word.
-* [[Colon]] (''':''') - Used after a word that introduces a series, or an example, or an explanation.
+* ''':''' — A colon is used after a word that introduces a series, or an example, or an explanation.
-* [[Comma]] (''',''') - Used to separate words or phrases in a sentence.
+* ''',''' — A comma used to separate words or phrases in a sentence.
-* [[Ellipsis]] ('''...''') - Used to indicate that part of a sentence or sequence has been omitted.
+* '''...''' — An [[ellipsis]] is used to indicate that part of a sentence or sequence has been omitted.
-* [[Exclamation point]] ('''!''') - Used to stress the preceding point, or to show feeling.
+* '''!''' — An [[exclamation point]] is used to stress the preceding point, or to show feeling.
-* [[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.
+* '''-''' — 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.
-* [[Period]] (or full stop) ('''.''') - Used to indicate the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop, or after abbreviations of words.
+* '''.''' — A [[period]] or full stop is used to indicate the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop, or after abbreviations of words.
-* [[Question mark]] ('''?''') - Used at the end of a sentence to indicate that a question has been asked.
+* '''?''' — A [[question mark]] is used at the end of a sentence to indicate that a question has been asked.
-* [[Quotation mark]] (or inverted commas) (") -  Used to attribute the text enclosed within the commas to someone else.
+* '''"''' — A [[quotation mark]] (or inverted commas) are used to attribute the text enclosed within the commas to someone else.
-* [[Semicolon]] (''';''') - Used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period.
+* ''';''' — A [[semicolon]] is used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period.
-* [[Separatrix]] ('''/''') - Used to separate related items of information.
+* '''/''' — A [[slash]] is used to separate related items of information.
-* [[Tilde]] (or swung dash) ('''~''') - Used in text to indicate the omission of a word.
+* '''~''' — A [[tilde]] is used in text to indicate the omission of a word.
 ==See also==

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 ==See also==
-*[[Diacritical mark]]
+*[[Diacritic]]
 [[category:Linguistics]][[Category:Punctuation]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 05:00, August 5, 2011
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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:

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:46, September 20, 2008
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	*[[Diacritical mark]]		*[[Diacritical mark]]

−	[[category:Linguistics]]	+	[[category:Linguistics]][[Category:Punctuation]]