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Puctuation marks

Punctuation marks serve various essential roles in written communication, helping to clarify meaning and convey the writer's intent. The colon can be used to expand sentences or introduce lists, while the exclamation mark expresses strong emotions such as surprise or excitement.

Puctuation marks

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PUNCTUATION MARKS

PARENTHESIS AND BRACKETS

Brackets: are used in a similar way to commas when we want to add further explanation, an afterthought
Example The terrestrial layer of the earth is 70% water [of which almost 97% is salt water].
Parenthesis: Is use for special purposes such as in technical manuals.
Example I visited Kathmandu (which was full of tourists) on my way to the Himalayas for a trekking expedition.

THE HAYPHEN AND THE DASH

Is used for join words
Examples up-to-date son-in-law one-third, In numbers

THE APOSTROPHE

The possessive apostrophe, in most cases you simply need to add 's to a noun to show possession
Example a car's engine
The apostrophe in contractions, where a noun or pronoun and a verb combine.
Example Who's at the door?

THE QUOTIATION MARK

its use to cite something someone said exactly.
Example My boyfriend told me: "i want to marry you"

THE SEMICOLON

You can use it for join phrases
Example, I like Veronica; She is beautiful

THE COLON

Its expand the sentence,or you can use this for do a list
Example, Marketplace listing: Rice Sugar
You can use it for indicate the our
Example, 10:08

THE QUESTION MARK

Is used in the final of the question
Examples How old are you? wich one?

THE EXCLAMATION MARK

Is used when you are sorprise, exasperation or for enphasity in a sentence
Examples Get out! What a beauty girl! Is he married!

THE COMA

The coma, serves for Separate phrases, words, or clauses in lists
Examples I met Harry, we went for a swim together, and afterwards Harry went home. For dinner I had soup, fish, chicken, dessert, and coffee. etc.

THE PERIOD

Periods in numbers, a number is also called a "decimal point" and it is read "point" unless it refers to money.
Example, 24.73
Period after a single word, This is often the case when the subject is understood as in a greeting or a command.
Example, "Goodbye."
Ellipsis, This indicates that only part of the sentence or text has been quoted
Example, He is always late, but you know how I feel about that...
The full stop, the simplest of the punctuation marks, You use it like a knife to cut the sentences
Indicate an abbreviation, Thats not obligary put a period for indicate an abbreviation, with period or without period is correct for writte

Example, I was born in Australia and now live in Indonesia.

Example, I will arrive between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m.