English 9 | Punctuation Marks

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

• period

• quotation marks

• semicolon

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

• period

• comma

• colon

• semicolon

This punctuation mark is used in pairs to set off direct speech.

• colon

• parenthesis

• 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.

• comma

• question mark

• exclamation point

• parenthesis

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

• apostrophe

• comma

• semicolon

• period

This punctuation mark is used to link words to prefixes.

• apostrophe

• comma

• hyphen

• dash

This punctuation is used to show strong emotion.

• question mark

• exclamation mark

• period

• colon

This punctuation symbol is used to show that there has been an omission of some letters or words.

• semicolon

• parenthesis

• ellipsis

• slash

This symbol or punctuation is used in writing or printing to indicate a range or connections.

• en dash

• slash

• comma

• colon

This punctuation is used to separate two independent clauses while still demonstrating that a close relationship exists between them.

• colon

• semicolon

• hyphen

• dash