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单词 punctuation mark
释义
punctuation mark
noun[C]
uk
/pʌŋk.tjuˈeɪ.ʃən ˌmɑːk/us
/pʌŋk.tʃuˈeɪ.ʃən ˌmɑːrk/
asymbolused inpunctuation:
标点符号
Fullstops,commas,semicolons,questionmarksandbracketsare all differenttypesofpunctuationmark.句号、逗号、分号、问号和括号都是不同类型的标点符号。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Punctuation
  • abbreviated
  • accent
  • at sign
  • block capitals
  • capitalization
  • caron
  • cedilla
  • comma
  • dash
  • diacritical
  • double prime
  • question mark
  • round brackets
  • semicolon
  • small cap
  • small capitals
  • solidus
  • square brackets
  • stroke
  • unbracketed
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Grammar

Punctuation
The most common punctuation marks in English are: capital letters and full stops, question marks, commas, colons and semi-colons, exclamation marks and quotation marks.…
Punctuation: capital letters (B, D) and full stops (.)
We use capital letters to mark the beginning of a sentence and we use full stops to mark the end of a sentence:…
Punctuation: question marks (?) and exclamation marks (!)
We use question marks to make clear that what is said is a question. When we use a question mark, we do not use a full stop:…
Punctuation: commas (,)
We use commas to separate a list of similar words or phrases:…
Punctuation: colons (:) and semi-colons (;)
We use colons to introduce lists:…
Punctuation: quotation marks (‘…’ or “…”)
Quotation marks in English are ‘…’ or “…”. In direct speech, we enclose what is said within a pair of single or double quotation marks, although single quotation marks are becoming more common. Direct speech begins with a capital letter and can be preceded by a comma or a colon:…
Punctuation: dashes ( – ) and other punctuation marks
Dashes are more common in informal writing. They can be used in similar ways to commas or semi-colons. Both single and multiple dashes may be used:…
Punctuation: numerals and punctuation
In British English the date is usually given in the order day, month, year.…
Saying email and internet addresses
When we speak email and web addresses, we say each word separately. To avoid confusion, we sometimes spell out each letter of a word:…
Symbols and typographic conventions
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(Definition ofpunctuation markfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

punctuation mark| American Dictionary

punctuation mark
noun[C]
us
/ˌpʌŋk·tʃuˈeɪ·ʃən ˌmɑrk/
writing
a mark that youaddto atextto show thedivisionsbetween differentpartsof it:
Periods,commas,semicolons,questionmarks,apostrophes, andparenthesesare all punctuation marks.
(Definition ofpunctuation markfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpunctuation mark

punctuation mark
Apunctuationmarkused to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word.
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The findings are then summarized in the form of a set of rules for eachpunctuationmark.
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Runic texts use either an interpunct-like or a colon-likepunctuationmarkto separate words.
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Often, though not always, there is a sense break here, such as apunctuationmark.
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An interjection is sometimes expressed as a single word or non-sentence phrase, followed by apunctuationmark.
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The runemaster used apunctuationmarkconsisting of two dots (":") to separate each word of the text.
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The semicolon occurs as apunctuationmarkfor better and clear organization of excessive and complicated complex sentences.
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Each word in the runic text is separated by a two dot word dividerpunctuationmark.
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This is the origin of the modern commapunctuationmark, and its name.
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If a quoting sentence introduces the quotation, it is preceded by a colon; the endingpunctuationmarkshould be inserted as in the original.
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It is simply a mark that is written, and is therefore apunctuationmark, not a letter.
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But this is unnecessary (and visually disruptive) since the pause signal is provided by thepunctuationmarkitself.
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If the sentence formally reflects one mood, but it actually refers to a different idea, thepunctuationmarkis selected based on the actual meaning.
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He is also noted for the consistency of his use of thepunctuationmarkbetween the words in his runic inscriptions.
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It is used as a closingpunctuationmarkof emphatic sentences and clauses, and as a non-closingpunctuationmarkfinishing inserted sentences.
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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