Punctuation Marks

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

• comma

• semicolon

• quotation mark

• apostrophe

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.

• comma

• semicolon

• quotation mark

• apostrophe

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

• comma

• semicolon

• period

• colon

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

• comma

• apostrophe

• quotation marks

• semicolon

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

• apostrophe

• quotation marks

• parentheses

• asterisk

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

• apostrophe

• ampersand

• asterisk

• parentheses

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

• apostrophe

• asterisk

• ampersand

• parentheses

Used to introduce a number (question #2 ) or a pound of weight (52.5#), or as shown on a telephone keypad. Also a type of metadata tag used on social networks such as Twitter and Instagram.

• Pound sign

• Number sign

• Hashtag

• All of the above are correct

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

• forward slash

• back slash

• diagonal

• bracket

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

• slash or diagonal

• backslash

• bracket

• parentheses