Punctuation marks in English language

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"." Full Stop - It indicates the end of a sentence and is also used in abbreviations

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"," Comma- It separates two parts of a sentence or can be used to give a pause.

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"?" Question mark - It is used at the end of interrogative sentences in place of a full stop.

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"!" Exclamation mark - It is used to show any feeling like surprise, happiness, sorrow, anger, excitement

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" " Inverted commas - They indicate direct quotations, can be used ironically or for titles

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" ' " Apostrophe mark - It is used in contractions and in words to show possession

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"-" Hyphen - It is used to create compound words

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":" Colon - It is used to give an example, a list, an explanationor to emphasize a point

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";" Semi colon - It is used to give a pause that is longer than a comma and shorter than a full stop.

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"{}" "[]" "()" Brackets - They are used to give additional information

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"..." Ellipsis - It is used to create mystery, to show omitted words

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