Chapter 13: Punctuation Marks in English
Abstract: Some common punctuation marks in English include commas, apostrophes, semicolons, colons, question marks, exclamation marks, hyphens, and quotation marks . Comma A common punctuation mark that creates structure and provides pauses in a sentence Apostrophe Used to indicate the omission of one or more letters, as in the contraction of "do not" to "don't" Semicolon Used to join two closely related independent clauses in a single sentence Can also be used to separate items in a list when the items themselves contain commas Colon Used in hours, minutes, subtitles, and at the end of sentences that directly precede block quotes and numbered or bulleted lists Question mark used to indicate a question. Exclamation mark Used when there is an exclamation, or something exciting to say Hyphen Used to join words or separate syllables within a word Quotation marks Used to show where speech or a quotation be...