Question

about punctuation marks​

Answer 1

Answer:

Punctuation is the use of spacing, conventional signs, and certain typographical devices as aids to the understanding and correct reading of written text, whether read silently or aloud

Answer 2

Answer:

Punctuation marks have an important role to play in every language.

They help us understand the meaning of sentences clearly.

Important punctuation marks to be considered :

• Capital letters (ABCD)

❀ It is used for the first letter in a sentence

❀For a proper noun

❀The personal pronoun " I "

❀The interjection etc

• Comma ( , )

❀It represents the shortest pause.

❀ It is used to indicate a short pause after a word, phrase or clause.

❀ To distinguish a phrase in apposition etc.

• Semicolon ( ; )

❀It indicates the longer pause than a comma.

❀ It is used to separate word groups within the sentence that are not joined by a conjunction.

• Colon ( : )

❀ It marks a more complete pause than the semicolon.

❀It is used to introduce a list etc.

Other important punctuation marks to be considered:

• Full Stop ( . )

• Interrogation ( ? )

• Parenthesis ( [ ] )

• Dash/Hyphen ( - )

• Note of exclamation ( ! )

• Inverted commas ( “ ” )