Scribd
Upload
26 views2 pages

Punctuation Table

The document provides a comprehensive punctuation table detailing various punctuation marks, their names, descriptions, and examples of usage. It covers marks such as the question mark, exclamation mark, full stop, comma, colon, semi-colon, hyphen, quotation marks, brackets, dash, apostrophe, and capital letters. Each entry explains the function of the punctuation mark in sentence structure and communication.

Uploaded by

Angel Gabriel Geronimo Domínguez
Copyright
© All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
26 views2 pages

Punctuation Table

The document provides a comprehensive punctuation table detailing various punctuation marks, their names, descriptions, and examples of usage. It covers marks such as the question mark, exclamation mark, full stop, comma, colon, semi-colon, hyphen, quotation marks, brackets, dash, apostrophe, and capital letters. Each entry explains the function of the punctuation mark in sentence structure and communication.

Uploaded by

Angel Gabriel Geronimo Domínguez
Copyright
© All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

Punctuation table

Mark Name and description Examples


? question mark – signals that a question is What’s your name?
asked You’re Malaysian?

! exclamation mark – signals surprise, That’s fantastic!


amazement, or strong emotion.

. full stop (American English: period) – marks He stopped. She stopped too.
boundaries between two thoughts/ideas.

, comma – separates clauses and marks He called her name again, and
‘breathing space’ between ideas again, and again.

: colon – signals that something like a list, extra There are many kinds of
information, or a name is on the way guitar: acoustic, electric,
Spanish, or bass guitar.

; semi-colon – indicates that the main thrust of a That’s the way I see it; it’ll go
sentence continues, but is temporarily halted on and on.

- hyphen – joins two or more words together in a The blue-eyed girls; the
user-friendly way. It is used in: sad-looking man; he was well
1. two-word adjectives where the second -informed
part ends in -ed or -ing
2. two-word adjectives which describe a The Paris-Dacca rally;
connection ‘between’ the two elements. Anglo-Argentinean relations
3. multi-word adjectives
4. nouns, verbs, and adjectives an out-of-work actor; a
(sometimes) to separate prefixes from pay-per-view channel
word roots
5. in certain words that conventionally
a TV co-production; her
have a hyphen (if in doubt, look in a
ex-husband; he tried to
dictionary.)
pre-empt the attack

she’s map-reading; her


make-up

‘ ’ inverted commas (American English: ‘He said “Watch out!” and I


“ ” quotation marks) – enclose quotations of direct jumped back, which probably
speech. Other pronunciation marks that are saved my life,’ Dugie said.
part of the direct speech come before the close
of the inverted commas. Some people use
double inverted commas (“ ”), and some single
(‘ ’). Having the two allows writers to use quotes
within a quote.

( ) brackets – enclose extra information that is not The Cambridge Folk Festival

[Link]
absolutely necessary and which may seem (held in the grounds of Cherry
outside the main thrust of the sentence Hinton Hall) is one of the most
enjoyable dates in the
Cambridge calendar.

– dash – separates an idea from the rest of the Dashes are used – instead of
sentence, in a similar way to brackets brackets, sometimes – to
separate an idea from the
main part of a sentence.

‘ apostrophe – It’s late. They’ve gone.


1. indicates a contracted form of a verb
2. indicates possession – note its use after s Hester’s cat; David’s dog;
and x where s is not often used Charles’ friend; Alex’s TV

AB capital letters - used for: Jessy, Warwick, Coventry


1. proper names
2. the first person pronoun I agree.
3. the beginning of sentences
4. important roles It is winter. The snow is falling
silently.

The President arrives at six.

[Link]

You might also like