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    This document defines and provides examples of various punctuation marks: - Full stops, semicolons, brackets, question marks, exclamation marks, inverted commas, hyphens, dashes, commas, capital letters, ellipses are explained and their uses illustrated with examples. - Specific punctuation includes semicolons to link independent clauses; brackets, parentheses and dashes for additional information; apostrophes for possession and omission; and commas to separate items in lists and subordinate clauses.

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    This document defines and provides examples of various punctuation marks: - Full stops, semicolons, brackets, question marks, exclamation marks, inverted commas, hyphens, dashes, commas, capital letters, ellipses are explained and their uses illustrated with examples. - Specific punctuation includes semicolons to link independent clauses; brackets, parentheses and dashes for additional information; apostrophes for possession and omission; and commas to separate items in lists and subordinate clauses.

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    This document defines and provides examples of various punctuation marks: - Full stops, semicolons, brackets, question marks, exclamation marks, inverted commas, hyphens, dashes, commas, capital letters, ellipses are explained and their uses illustrated with examples. - Specific punctuation includes semicolons to link independent clauses; brackets, parentheses and dashes for additional information; apostrophes for possession and omission; and commas to separate items in lists and subordinate clauses.

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    Punctuation

    Full Stop Semicolon


    This Punctuation mark is used to Semicolons are used to separate two
    indicate the end of a sentence. main clauses that are closely related to
    each other, but could stand on their own
    as sentences.
    Brackets I have a big test tomorrow; I can’t go
    out tonight.
    Round brackets are mainly used
    to separate information that
    isn’t essential to the sentence.
    If you remove the section Apostrophe
    in brackets the sentence will
    Apostrophes have two main uses:
    still make sense. This is called
    parenthesis. showing possession and showing omission.
    Mount Everest (8,848m) is the highest mountain in
    the world. Possession - Here the apostrophe indicates that a
    thing or a person belongs or relates to someone or
    something.
    Question mark E.g. Ben’s party.
    This punctuation mark is used to indicate
    that a question is being asked. Omission - Here the apostrophe is used to show that
    Have you seen the film? letters or numbers have been omitted.
    I’m (short for I am)
    He’ll (short for he will)

    Exclamation mark
    The main use of the exclamation mark is Colon
    to end an interjection or exclamation and Colons have two main uses:
    indicate strong feelings.
    - To separate two clauses where the
    Wow! Hello!
    second clause defines or explains the
    first.
    E.g. It wasn’t easy to begin with: I had
    Inverted commas to find the right house.
    Inverted commas are used to
    mark the beginning and end of
    - To introduce a list.
    direct speech.
    At the shop, I need to buy a few items: carrots,
    “What time will he arrive?”
    chicken, potatoes and fruit juice.
    Mary asked.
    Punctuation
    Hyphens Dashes
    Hyphen - links words or parts Dash - creates a break in the
    of words. sentence, halfway between
    A hyphen is different from a , and .
    dash because you do not leave a space between a A dash is usually used in more informal writing.
    hyphen and the words in the sentence. It is half as A dash shows a sharp break between two main
    long as a dash. clauses.
    A hyphen is used to show that a word continues on This film was very informative — I learned a great
    the next line. deal.
    Gemma walked slow-
    ly towards the lion. A dash marks out extra information embedded in
    the sentence.
    A hyphen is used to link separate words into one
    Playing in grandma’s garden — which is huge — is
    new word. always good fun.
    Mother-in-law
    One thing’s for sure — he doesn’t want to go!

    Commas I would like some cake — on second thoughts, maybe


    A comma separates units of meaning not.
    in a sentence.

    A comma separates items in a list. Ellipsis


    Jenna bought some apples, grapes, bananas and An ellipsis is used to show
    pears for her fruit salad. an omission of a word or
    words from a text.
    They visited...it was fun.
    A comma separates off a subordinate opening.
    Although she was tired, Tilly went to the party.
    Once upon a time...and they lived happily ever after.

    A comma marks out a relative clause (extra


    information that has been added into the sentence). “I decided to...then I left.”
    The children, who were in class six, were very excited.

    Capital Letters Proper nouns are naming words for


    individual people, places, days of the
    Capital letters are used to show the start of a sentence. week and months of the year.
    “The day was bright and sunny” “It was December and Kevin was
    excited for Christmas in New York.”
    Capital letters are also used to indicate Proper nouns.

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