PUNCTUATION MARKS

THE PERIOD

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 will arrive between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m.

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

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...

Period after a single word, This is often the case when the subject is understood as in a greeting or a command.

Example, "Goodbye."

Periods in numbers, a number is also called a "decimal point" and it is read "point" unless it refers to money.

Example, 24.73

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 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 QUESTION MARK

Is used in the final of the question

Examples
How old are you?
wich one?

THE COLON

You can use it for indicate the our

Example, 10:08

Its expand the sentence,or you can use this for do a list

Example, Marketplace listing:
Rice
Sugar

THE SEMICOLON

You can use it for join phrases

Example,
I like Veronica; She is beautiful

THE QUOTIATION MARK

its use to cite something someone said exactly.

Example
My boyfriend told me: "i want to marry you"

THE APOSTROPHE

The apostrophe in contractions, where a noun or pronoun and a verb combine.

Example
Who's at the door?

The possessive apostrophe, in most cases you simply need to add 's to a noun to show possession

Example
a car's engine

THE HAYPHEN AND THE DASH

Is used for join words

Examples
up-to-date
son-in-law
one-third, In numbers

PARENTHESIS AND BRACKETS

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.

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].

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