Punctuation marks and uses cards

.
Used to mark the
end of a sentence.

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?
Used at the end of
a direct question.

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!
Used at the end of
a strong declaration,
interjection or
command.

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Punctuation marks and uses cards

:
Used before a list
or explanation and
follows a clause
that can stand alone.

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Punctuation marks and uses cards

;
Used to separate
small lists within
a large list.

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Punctuation marks and uses cards

;
Can be used to
separate closely
related independent
clauses.

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Punctuation marks and uses cards

-
Used for creating
compound words.

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Punctuation marks and uses cards

-
Used for writing
some numbers and
fractions.

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Punctuation marks and uses cards

-
Adding prefixes to
words.

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Punctuation marks and uses cards

-
Used at the end of
a line when a word
is split.

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Punctuation marks and uses cards

()
Used to include
information you
want to
de-emphasise.

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Punctuation marks and uses cards

()
Used to include
information that
wouldnt normally
fit into the flow of text,
but needs including.

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Punctuation marks and uses cards

,
Used to separate
three or more
elements in a list.

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Punctuation marks and uses cards

,
Used before a
small conjunction
(such as and, but,
for, yet, or, so).

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Punctuation marks and uses cards

...
Used when you
want to leave out
some words.

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Punctuation marks and uses cards

Used to make
possessive forms,
contractions and
with some plurals.

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Punctuation marks and uses cards

Used to indicate
spoken words.

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Punctuation marks and uses cards

Used to indicate
quoted words.

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Punctuation marks and uses cards

/
Used to show a
choice between
the two words it
separates.

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