Terminal punctuation

Terminal punctuation refers to the punctuation marks used to identify the end of a portion of text. Terminal punctuation marks are also referred to as end marks^[1] and stops.^[2]

. ? ! ‽
Terminal punctuation

In languages using the ISO basic Latin alphabet, terminal punctuation marks are defined as the period, the question mark, and the exclamation mark.^[3][4] These punctuation marks may bring sentences to a close. In their widest sense, terminal punctuation marks bring any element of written text to a close, including other conventions, such as abbreviations.^[5]

Terminal punctuation in English

		Interrogative
		No	Yes
Exclamatory	No	Period or Full stop (.)	Question mark (?)
	Yes	Exclamation mark (!)	Interrobang (‽)

See also

• Sentence spacing