PERIOD

To

mark the end of a sentence Used in abbreviations. Used with a persons initials

APOSTROPHE To form most possessives. In contractions. To indicate that letters have been omitted from a word. DASH To mark an interruption in speech or hesitation. To mark a sudden change in the structure of a sentence. COLON To introduce a clause, a phrase or a list previously described in what precedes it. HYPHEN
To

SEMICOLON To indicate a pause longer than a comma and shorter than a period

EXCLAMATION MARK To mark a forceful comment or exclamation.

SLASH It represents the words: per, to, or, and, at, versus, for. It is used to separate the elements in dates and fractions. QUESTION MARK To end a direct question. It is placed only at the end of the sentence.

join compound words. In some words it separates a prefix or a suffix.

PARENTHESIS/ BRACKETS To enclose extra information. To separate a word or phrase from de rest of the sentence. COMMA

To

separate items in a series. To distinguish grammatical elements within sentences. To indicate a pause in a sentence.