#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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