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American English Grammar

Punctuation

Learning objectives

Learn the definition of punctuation
Learn the types of punctuation

Definition of punctuation

Punctuation is:

everything in written language other than the actual letters or numbers
used to indicate the structure and organization of writing, as well as intonation and pauses to be observed when reading it aloud

Types of punctuation

Punctuation marks
- apostrophe
- brackets
- colon
- comma
- dash
- exclamation mark
- period
- hyphen
- question mark
- quotation marks
- semicolon
- slash
Inter-word spaces
- empty (non-written) zones between written sections
Capitalization
- writing a word with its first letter as an upper case letter and the remaining letters in lower case letters
Indentation
- placing text farther to the right to separate it from surrounding text

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