#punctuation_mark__punctuationmark__punctuation the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
supertype: mark.written_symbol a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation); "his answer was just a punctuation mark"
part of: orthography
subtype: ampersand a punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and)
subtype: angle_bracket__anglebracket__bracket either of two punctuation marks (< or >) used to enclose textual material
subtype: apostrophe the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word
subtype: brace.punctuation_mark either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material
subtype: square_bracket__bracket either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material
subtype: colon.punctuation_mark a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)
subtype: comma a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence
subtype: exclamation_mark__exclamationmark__exclamation_point__exclamationpoint a punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation
subtype: hyphen__dash a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
subtype: parenthesis__parenthesi either of two punctuation marks ( or ) used to enclose textual material
subtype: full_stop__period__point__stop__full_point a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop"
subtype: suspension_point (usually plural) one of a series of points indicating that something has been omitted or that the sentence is incomplete
subtype: question_mark__interrogation_point__interrogationpoint a punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
subtype: quotation_mark__quotationmark__quote__invertedcomma a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
subtype: single_quote a single quotation mark
subtype: double_quotes a pair of quotation marks
subtype: scare_quote__scarequote the use of quotation marks to indicate that it is not the authors preferred terminology
subtype: semicolon a punctuation mark (;) used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period
subtype: solidus__slash__virgule__diagonal__stroke__separatrix a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
subtype: swung_dash__swungdash a punctuation mark used in text to indicate the omission of a word
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