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Punctuation Mark (Noun)

Meaning

The marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases.

Classification

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

Examples

  • A punctuation mark such as a period, comma, or question mark can significantly change the meaning of a sentence.
  • She checked the paragraph carefully for correct usage of every punctuation mark to avoid confusing her readers.
  • Students were advised to use proper punctuation marks when typing on their keyboards for readability purposes.
  • Reading material requires specific punctuation marks, so grammar editors help clean them up accordingly.
  • I tend to notice unnecessary punctuation marks scattered in different passages in free, crowd-sourced web literature sources online.

Synonyms

  • Punctuation

Hypernyms

  • Mark

Hyponyms

  • Bracket
  • Ampersand
  • Full Stop
  • Exclamation Mark
  • Stop
  • Diagonal
  • Inverted Comma
  • Hyphen
  • Stroke
  • Apostrophe
  • Colon
  • Period
  • Virgule
  • Separatrix
  • Parenthesis
  • Comma
  • Full Point
  • Quotation Mark
  • Question Mark
  • Brace
  • Solidus
  • Semicolon
  • Swung Dash
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