punctuation

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Pronunciation

  • IPA (key): /pʌŋk.tʃuˈeɪ.ʃən/
  • SAMPA: /pVNk.tSu"eI.S@n/
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Noun

Singular
punctuation

Plural
punctuations

  1. (uncountable) Punctuation is a set of symbols used to give meaning in text by putting them between words, clauses, phrases and sentences.
    Use the proper punctuation in your essay.


Punctuation marks (edit)

apostrophe ( ' ) ( ) brackets ( [] ) braces ( {} ) colon ( : ) comma ( , ) dashes ( ) ( ) ellipsis ( ... ) exclamation mark ( ! ) hyphen ( ) ( - ) parentheses ( () ) period / full stop ( . ) question mark ( ? ) quotation marks ( ' ' ) ( " " ) semicolon ( ; ) slash ( / )


Other: ampersand ( & ) asterisk ( * ) at ( @ ) backslash ( \ ) bullet ( ) ( · ) degree ( ° ) number sign / pound sign ( # ) tilde ( ~ ) underscore ( _ ) vertical bar / pipe ( | )

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