Punctuation marks are
symbols that indicate the structure and organization of
written language, as well as
intonation and pauses to be observed when reading aloud.
In written English, punctuation is vital to disambiguate the meaning of
sentences. For example, "woman, without her man, is nothing" and "woman: without her, man is nothing" have greatly different meanings, as do "eats shoots and leaves" and "
eats, shoots and leaves".
[1] "
King Charles walked and talked half an hour after his head was cut off" is alarming; "King Charles walked and talked; half an hour after, his head was cut off", less so. (For English usage, see the articles on specific punctuation marks.)
The rules of punctuation vary with language,
location,
register and
time and are constantly evolving. Certain aspects of punctuation are stylistic and are thus the author's (or editor's) choice.
Tachygraphic language forms, such as those used in
online chat and
text messages, may have wildly different rules.
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| apostrophe | ( ’ ' ) |
| brackets | ( [ ], ( ), { }, ⟨ ⟩ ) |
| colon | ( : ) |
| comma | ( , ) |
| dash | ( ‒, –, —, ― ) |
| ellipsis | ( …, ... ) |
| exclamation mark | ( ! ) |
| full stop/period | ( . ) |
| guillemets | ( « » ) |
| hyphen | ( -, ‐ ) |
| question mark | ( ? ) |
| quotation marks | ( ‘ ’, “ ” ) |
| semicolon | ( ; ) |
| slash/stroke | ( / ) |
| solidus | ( ⁄ ) |
| Word dividers |
| space | ( ) ( ) ( ) (␠) (␢) (␣) |
| interpunct | ( · ) |
| General typography |
| ampersand | ( & ) |
| at sign | ( @ ) |
| asterisk | ( * ) |
| backslash | ( \ ) |
| bullet | ( • ) |
| caret | ( ^ ) |
| copyright symbol | ( © ) |
| currency (generic) | ( ¤ ) |
| currency (specific) |
₳ ฿ ₵ ¢ ₡ ₢ ₠ $ ₫  ৳ ₯ € ƒ ₣ ₲ ₴ ₭ ℳ ₥ ₦ ₧ ₱ ₰ £ ₨ ₪  ₮ ₩ ¥ ៛ |
| dagger | ( †, ‡ ) |
| degree | ( ° ) |
| ditto mark | ( 〃 ) |
| inverted exclamation mark | ( ¡ ) |
| inverted question mark | ( ¿ ) |
| number sign/pound/hash | ( # ) |
| numero sign | ( № ) |
| ordinal indicator | ( º, ª ) |
| percent etc. | ( %, ‰, ‱ ) |
| pilcrow | ( ¶ ) |
| prime | ( ′, ″, ‴ ) |
| registered trademark | ( ® ) |
| section sign | ( § ) |
| service mark | ( ℠ ) |
| sound recording copyright | ( ℗ ) |
| tilde | ( ~ ) |
| trademark | ( ™ ) |
| underscore/understrike | ( _ ) |
| vertical/broken bar, pipe | ( |, ¦ ) |
| Uncommon typography |
| asterism | ( ⁂ ) |
| tee | ( ⊤ ) |
| up tack | ( ⊥ ) |
| index/fist | ( ☞ ) |
| therefore sign | ( ∴ ) |
| because sign | ( ∵ ) |
| interrobang | ( ‽ ) |
| irony & sarcasm punctuation | ( ⸮ ) |
| lozenge | ( ◊ ) |
| reference mark | ( ※ ) |
| tie | ( ⁀ ) |
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