Punctuation Marks

Front

The punctuation mark used to indicate either possession or the omission of letters or numbers.

Back

apostrophe

Front

The punctuation mark that means a pause is needed in a sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list and to mark the place of thousands in a large number.

Back

comma

Front

A dot used to show where the end of a sentence is.

Back

period

Front

This punctuation mark is used in pairs to set off direct speech, a quotation, or a phrase.

Back

quotation marks

Front

This punctuation is used to set off unrelated words, phrases, or clauses that do not change the meaning of the sentence when omitted.

Back

parentheses

Front

A symbol used to mark text, typically as a reference to an annotation or to stand for omitted matter.

Back

Asterisk

Front

the sign standing for and, as in Smith & Co.

Back

ampersand

Front

What symbol is used to introduce a number, a pound of weight, or as shown on a telephone keypad, and is also a type of metadata tag on social networks?

Back

Pound sign, Number sign, Hashtag

Front

A backward-sloping diagonal line used to separate file and folder names in some path statements. It is used only for computer coding.

Back

back slash

Front

A slanting line punctuation mark most often used to represent division and fractions, and as a date separator.

Back

slash or diagonal