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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.
Examples of punctuation marks include:
* Acute accent (é) - The acute accent is a symbol placed over a vowel in some languages, especially [[French]].
* Ampersand (&) - Is used to represent conjunction (the use of the word "and").
* [[Apostrophe]] (') - Indicates possession, or the omission of one or more letters from a word.
* Circumflex (^) - An accent placed over a vowel in some languages, especially [[French]] and [[Afrikaans]].
* Colon (:) - Used after a word that introduces a series, or an example, or an explanation.
* Comma (,) - Used to separate words or phrases in a sentence.
* Ellipsis (...) - 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.
* Full stop (.) - Used to indicate the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop, or after abbreviations of words.
* 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.
* Question mark (?) - Used at the end of a sentence to indicate that a question has been asked.
* Inverted commas (") - 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.
* 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]]
Examples of punctuation marks include:
* Acute accent (é) - The acute accent is a symbol placed over a vowel in some languages, especially [[French]].
* Ampersand (&) - Is used to represent conjunction (the use of the word "and").
* [[Apostrophe]] (') - Indicates possession, or the omission of one or more letters from a word.
* Circumflex (^) - An accent placed over a vowel in some languages, especially [[French]] and [[Afrikaans]].
* Colon (:) - Used after a word that introduces a series, or an example, or an explanation.
* Comma (,) - Used to separate words or phrases in a sentence.
* Ellipsis (...) - 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.
* Full stop (.) - Used to indicate the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop, or after abbreviations of words.
* 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.
* Question mark (?) - Used at the end of a sentence to indicate that a question has been asked.
* Inverted commas (") - 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.
* 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]]