Writing skills: Punctuation

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Use

Used after a command, an

comma
exclamation or something
surprising.
Enclose words of direct speech or
colon
mention a work or title in a text.
exclamation
Separates part of the same
mark
sentence.
semicolon
Used in contractions and genitives.
Represents the conjugation word
apostrophe
and.
quotation Divides two independent but related
marks
sentences.
parenthese
Used after a direct question.
s
(full) stop
(BrE)
Enclose additional information,
period
dates or references.
(AmE)
dot
hyphen
Meaning located.
question
Joints the parts of compound words.
mark
solidus
Shows the end of a sentence. Also
(forward)
used in emails and web addresses.
slash
underscore
Indicates a choice.
Introduces a list or further
at-sign
information
Indicates intentional omission of a
ellipsis
word, sentence or whole section in
a text.
hash
number
Used to create a visual space.
sign
Designation of a number (AmE).
ampersand
Also used on social media sites.