Punctuations 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
. indicates the end of a sentence and abbreviations , shows that what is in front and behind can switch places – EM DASH guide the eyes of the reader to something important - EN DASH hyphenate check-in : colon means that it is related to the word that came before it ; semicolon connecting independent clauses ? interrogative ends a question ! exclamatory provides emphasis ‘ apostrophe CONTRACTION it is to it’s POSSESSION can become the quote mark within a quote 10. “ ” it comes from another place 11. … ELLIPSIS means something is un said 12. [ ] BRACKETTS this is what has been added 13. ( ) )PARENTHETICAL is unnecessary for the flow of the sentence 14. / Slash this one is backslash used for a decision and /or
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