punctuation mark

How To Use punctuation mark In A Sentence

• When she puts a comma in a sentence, adds an ellipsis, uses a semi-colon, you can bet it's a punctuation mark that belongs wherever she puts it.
• The missing apostrophe from area's you might put down to a typing error; the missing hyphens from well-maintained, 5th-floor, and ready-to-move-into you might ascribe to the pandemic mishandling of those simple punctuation marks; the misrelated clause at the beginning and the dubiously related clause at the end are not so easily shrugged off: they are the faults of pretension rather than ignorance, and the illiteracy of pretentiousness is the vulgarest and most reprehensible. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 2
• To loose new voter registrations, disqualify some because they are missing a punctuation mark, initimidate at the polls, challenge voters, disinform them, etc. Obama Leads By Over Five Points In Pre-Debate Tracking Polls
• In its role as a consecutive connector and as a punctuation marker, it corresponds to other markers in English than well or cos, eg. then or therefore.
• His personal philosophy of punctuation is, ideally, to avoid all punctuation marks except commas and full stops.
• The apostrophe is misused extensively; more so, perhaps, than any other punctuation mark. 2007 August « Motivated Grammar
• The "asterisk" is a semi-notorious punctuation mark in baseball history. USATODAY.com - Players admit steroids changed baseball
• And I had one other idea convoed to me through Etsy... a "tilde" which is that squiggly punctuation mark used in the Spanish language over an "N". Kiss My Curvy "S" or What Should I Name These?
• I'll start with remarks on little known formal names for some punctuation marks. pilcrow: ¶ Archive 2008-05-01
• Maybe will get my nails done in matte black with white letters and punctuation marks. The Volokh Conspiracy » Times Square bombing — where were the cameras?