Names of punctuation and basic uses

;

• semicolon
• period
• comma

.

• semicolon
• period
• colon

,

• semicolon
• comma
• period

:

• period
• comma
• colon

"     "

• colon
• semicolon
• quotation marks

's

• apostrophe + s
• colon
• semicolon

(              )

• parentheses
• quotation marks
• apostrophe

!

• question mark
• exclamation point
• comma

?

• question mark
• exclamation point
• semicolon

...

• quotation marks
• apostrophe
• ellipsis