Punctuation mark

It is written equivalent to our tone of voice, naturally, pause, and emphasis.

The purpose of punctuation is to help the reader understand your message and what you want to convey in written form and to help you make your meaning from a proper sentence clear. Punctuation shows how the sentence should be read.

Punctuation Rule or use

1. Period or full stop (.)

This is the most popular punctuation mark because you cannot write even a single sentence without using it.Generally, there are two most common uses of full stop:

• We use full stops mostly at the end of sentences. Also following abbreviation.

For example;

Here is the place.

It is also used to mark many abbreviations.

An example: ADV., PAK. , GOVT.

If the abbreviation with a full stop comes at the end of the sentence.

Another full stop is not needed.

2. Comma (,)

 The comma is one of the important parts of punctuation; we use it in a sentence to separate different ideas. However, it has many uses as well, and it is important to remember them. Some of the most comma rules are followed.

• It is used to indicate a break or pause within a sentence.
• It is used when listening to three or more items in a series. And, as, but, for, so, yet.

For example:, the fruit basket contained apples, bananas, and oranges.

• It is used to separate two or more adjectives describing a noun.

For example: the powerful, resonating sound

• It is used to separate a large Geographical area from a smaller one located within it

e.g.:- LOS angles, California is one of the largest in the U.S.

• It is used to separate the introductory phrase from the rest of the sentence.

e.g., After the party, Wajid and I went out to dinner.

• A comma is also used to connect two independent clauses.

e.g., Ryan went to the beach yesterday, but he forgot his sun cream.

• It is used to make a direct address.

e.g.:- Salman, could you come here for Moment?

3; – Apostrophe (`)

An apostrophe has two very important uses.

• Firstly, it can be used in contradictions in place of omitted letters.
• Secondly, it can show possession.

To show possession with singular nouns add an apostrophe plus the letter “s” or “es”.

e.g.:- A woman`s hat.

Regular nouns are nouns that form their plural by adding either the letter “s” or “es”.

E.g.:- guy. Guy`s, letter, letter’s

Here, we simply put an apostrophe after.

e.g.:- Two actress`s Role.

Hyphen (-)

 A hyphen looks like a dash, a hyphen has very different uses. It is most commonly used to create compound words.

E.g.:- an off-campus apartment.

• A hyphen is frequently required when farming original compound verses for writing, humor, or special situations.

For example, Queen Victoria’s throne sat for six decades.

Hyphens are used to tell people’s ages.

E.g.:- We have a two-year-old child.

Question Mark (?)

• It is used to indicate that a sentence is asking a question.
• Question marks are usually used at the end of the sentence.

e.g.:- what are you doing?

Colon (: )

A colon is a very important punctuation mark we use in different circumstances. It also introduces an example, a list, an explanation, or a quotation. Or, you can use it to emphasize a certain point.

Like:-

 A colon means “that is to say “‘here is what do I mean”

• We use it to describe or introduce a series of items.

E.g.:- I want the following items.

Butter, sugar, and flour.

Semicolon (;)

The difference between a comma and a semicolon is it creates a longer pause than a comma but if we talk about a full stop so it creates a shorter pause. So it can be used to create a pause between two independent clauses that are still closely related to each other.

Dash (_ -)

 In this punctuation mark we talk about two different dashes, the en dash and the em dash, while the first one is slightly shorter than the second.

The first one is showing the connection between two things,

Also, it is used to indicate an abrupt stop or change of thoughts.

E.g.; – If my husband were alive _ but why lament the past? 

E.g. friends, companies, and relatives _all deserted him.

• It is rather informal.

Parentheses ()

The parentheses in most cases you will see additional information in parentheses. it is also called double dashes

• It is used to separate from the main part of the sentence a phrase or clause which does not grammatically belong to it.
• It is used to enclose numbers and letters in numerating part.

e.g.; – The present part (1)   The past tense (2)   The past and past participle

 Brackets [ ]

Brackets are, similar to parentheses. However, We also use this when we present a quote.

For instance, Writer can also add extra information or fix mistakes in brackets, without changing the original quotation.

Ellipsis …

An ellipsis creates an intriguing and mysterious atmosphere in the text. In addition, it can be used to show some letters or even words are omitted.

Quotation Mark (‘’)

In quotation marks direct speech we put.

You cannot put those shelves up yet “Aitizaz said”.

• Quotation Mark are also indicate commas. The comma comes before the quotation Mark. Double quotations are sometimes used.

 e.g.:- Sara said “You haven’t put these shelves up yet”

• We can put quotation marks around titles: – e.g.:- Do you watch that American comedy series called “Tennessean”?
• We often use it when we mention a word or phrase.

E.g.:-   What does “punctuation “mean?  Rap music called “hip hop”;

Slash (/)

 To indicate the end of the poetry.

e.g.:- here with a loaf of bread beneath the bough/,

A flash of wine and thou.

• It is also used to set off phonetic transcription /e/ /a/.
• It is also used to separate paired terms (use sparingly).

e.g.:- pass/fail, girl/boy, producer/director.