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    This document defines and provides examples of common punctuation marks used in the English language. It discusses full stops, commas, semi-colons, colons, hyphens, dashes, question marks, exclamation marks, slashes, backslashes, quotation marks, apostrophes, underlines, underscores, round brackets, square brackets, and ellipsis marks. Each punctuation mark is given a brief explanation of its usage and purpose.

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    This document defines and provides examples of common punctuation marks used in the English language. It discusses full stops, commas, semi-colons, colons, hyphens, dashes, question marks, exclamation marks, slashes, backslashes, quotation marks, apostrophes, underlines, underscores, round brackets, square brackets, and ellipsis marks. Each punctuation mark is given a brief explanation of its usage and purpose.

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    GROUP OF WRITTEN INTEGRATED ENGLISH :

    1. CYNDI MARETA SHANDY


    2. ERNI YULIANINGSIH
    3. HENI ERLINAWATI
    4. STYA KIRANA ZAHRANI
    5. WARDATUL MAULIDIYAH

    PUNCTUATION

    PUNCTUATION is the system of symbols that we use to separate written sentences and parts of
    sentences, and to make their meaning clear. Each symbol is called a "punctuation mark"

    punctuation mark name and explain Example

    full stop or period I like English.

    is used to end a sentence


    that contains information.

    comma I speak English, French


    and Thai.
    is used to separate
    sentences so that they are
    not too long and the
    essence of the sentence is
    clear.

    semi-colon I don't often go


    swimming; I prefer to
    is used to separate a play tennis.
    sentence. Unlike a comma,
    this sign is intended to
    separate two main clauses
    that are related to each
    punctuation mark name and explain Example

    other.

    colon You have two choices:


    finish the work today or
    are used for several things, lose the contract.
    namely:

    1.Separate the two main


    clauses where the second
    clause describes the first
    clause.

    2.Shows a list.

    3. direct speech followed


    by an inverted comma.

    hyphen This is a rather out-of-


    date book.
    are used in compound
    words, combining prefixes
    with other words, and
    indicating separate words.

    dash In each town—London,


    Paris and Rome—we
    are used in non-formal stayed in youth hostels.
    writing to indicate less
    important information and
    separate sentences like
    commas.
    punctuation mark name and explain Example

    question mark Where is Shangri-La?

    are used to convey


    questions

    exclamation mark "Help!" she cried. "I


    exclamation point can't swim!"
    (AmE)is often used in
    informal writing to
    indicate an exclamation.

    slash, forward slash or Please press your


    oblique browser's
    Refresh/Reload button.
    used to separate options,
    indicate a time period,
    represent the word "per",
    write abbreviations, and
    indicate line breaks in
    poetry.

    backslash C:\Files\jo.doc

    is a slash that leans back


    and is used as a symbol in
    computer
    programming,are mostly
    used in various
    programming languages.
    punctuation mark name and explain Example

    double quotation marks "I love you," she said.

    If double question marks


    are used , it is clearly to
    emphasise something in
    return, usually from the
    shock of the previous
    thing said, to express a
    strong emotion

    single quotation marks 'I love you,' she said.

    used to display quotes


    within (internal quotes)
    other, longer quotes. Thus,
    the reader can identify the
    internal quote in the text.

    apostrophe This is John's car.

    Indicates possession Used


    in contraction, Is being
    used to form the plural of
    certain letters and
    numbers

    underline Have you read Harry


    sometimes used in documents
    Potter?
    in its own right. Underlines are
    sometimes used as a diacritic,
    to indicate that a letter has a
    different pronunciation to its
    non-underlined form.
    punctuation mark name and explain Example

    underscore b_l@cia.gov

    used to write the names of


    variables and functions
    with the snake-case

    round brackets I went to Bangkok (my


    the symbols ( ) that are put
    favourite city) and
    around a word, phrase, stayed there for two
    or sentence in a piece of weeks.
    writing to show that what is
    inside them should
    be considered as separate fr
    om the main part

    Ss

    square brackets The newspaper reported


    that the hostages [most
    to abbreviate lengthy of them French] had
    quotations been released.
    to correct the tense of a
    quotation to suit the tense
    of your own sentence

    to add your own words to


    sections of an abbreviated
    quotation.

    to abbreviate lengthy
    quotations in an essay or
    report
    punctuation mark name and explain Example

    ellipsis mark One happy customer


    wrote: "This is the best
    used to indicate a missing dress...that I have ever
    part in a direct quotation seen."
    and to break a quote
    speech .

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