How important is punctuation?
Period /full stop
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It is used at the end of a sentence.
It is also used when an abbreviation does not include the last letter of the full word
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The children went to the park.
Dr.
Sun. Sunday
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Question mark
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Indicate a question.
It is placed at the end of a sentence.
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Where do you live?
Are you 11?
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Exclamation point
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Add emphasis.
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I hate you!
Get out of here!
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Comma
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Show a separation of ideas or elements within the structure of a sentence.
It is used in numbers, dates, and after some transition words.
It is used in compound sentences.
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The children were playing, running, and jumping in the party.
Also, she likes to drink coffee.
She loves dogs, but she hates cats.
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Semicolon
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It is used to connect independent clauses.
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We went shopping; we bought lot of things.
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A colon
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It is used after a word introducing a quotation, an explanation, an example, or a series.
It is used between independent clauses when the second explains the first, similar to a semicolon:
The third use of a colon is for emphasis.
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I didn't have time to get changed: I was already late.
There was one thing she loved more than any other: her dog.
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Quotation marks
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They are used to mark the beginning and end of a passage attributed to another and repeated word for word.
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George said: "I can't go to the party next Friday."
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Here there are some useful links where you can practice the use of the different punctuation marks.
https://www.k12reader.com/subject/grammar/punctuation/
http://www.englishforeveryone.org/Topics/Punctuation.htm
https://en.islcollective.com/resources/search_result?Grammar_Focus=Punctuation
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British English
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American English
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The " . " symbol is called
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A full stop
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a period
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The " ! " symbol is called
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an exclamation mark
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an exclamation point
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The " ( ) " symbols are called
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brackets
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parentheses
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The " [ ] " symbols are called
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square brackets
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brackets
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The position of quotation marks
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Joy means "happiness".
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Joy means "happiness."
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The punctuation for abbreviations
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Dr, Mr, Mrs, St, Rd, Ct
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Dr., Mr., Mrs., St., Rd., Ct.
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