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[puhngk-choo-ey-shuhn]

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noun

the practice or system of using certain conventional marks or characters in writing or printing in order to separate elements and make the meaning clear, as in ending a sentence or separating clauses.

the act of punctuating.

punctuation marks.

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Origin:
1530–40; < Medieval Latin pūnctuātiōn- (stem of pūnctuātiō) a marking, pointing. See punctuate, -ion

Related forms

punc·tu·a·tion·al, punc·tu·a·tive, adjective

non·punc·tu·a·tion, noun

re·punc·tu·a·tion, noun

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In this lesson, students reflect on how punctuation shapes meaning, then research guidelines for correct usage.

Figures of speech, parentheses, and punctuation demand notice.

Thus, if an extract ends with a full stop or question-mark, put the punctuation before the closing inverted commas.

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In this lesson, students reflect on how punctuation shapes meaning, then research guidelines for correct usage.

Figures of speech, parentheses, and punctuation demand notice.

Thus, if an extract ends with a full stop or question-mark, put the punctuation before the closing inverted commas.

Don't worry about spelling or punctuation until you are through writing your poem.

Interesting article, although in desperate need of a good editor and a few dozen punctuation marks.

In texting, you don't have to end a sentence with any punctuation.

And sometimes a procession of such punctuation is a hint that a sentence is overstuffed or needs rethinking.

The punctuation and spelling errors are in the original.

Each petal contains up to eight letters, numbers and punctuation marks.

Someone ought to proofread these articles for punctuation before they're posted.

Abstain from the exuberant use of punctuation marks.

People have lost fortunes, even been put to death, because of imprecise punctuation involving semicolons in legal papers.

It may seem unnecessary to remind university professors to pay attention to proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

The odd punctuation makes it unclear what this means.

Not only that, it would be good for you to look up punctuation and capitalization rules as well.

Alphabets, punctuation and numerals are represented in cells.

He's the sort of guy who loves model airplanes, argues about punctuation and saves the outtakes from his writings.

Please ignore the grammatical and punctuation errors in the above.

As for grammar, spelling has nothing to do with grammar, and punctuation even less.

The spelling, punctuation and syntax in this posting are pathetic.

It featured a simplified keyboard that had no numbers and only a few marks of punctuation.

Vard about his restaurant's mouthful of a name, with its internal punctuation and shifting parts of speech.

The grammar, spelling, and punctuation must be perfect and the writing clear and engaging.

It makes me question though how journalists come up with the punctuation in supposedly verbal quotes.

Sometimes the sentences have odd punctuation and do not flow smoothly.

Vonnegut eschewed traditional structure and punctuation.

There are two ways of going about doing this using two little punctuation marks: periods and plus signs.

Notice not only the missing words but the punctuation as well.

Punctuation is down, and spelling standards are down.

Punctuation is more important than many people realize.

The site seems to discriminate between punctuation marks in different posts.

Please use proper capitalization and punctuation in this academic forum.

If you look at the other examples, they have punctuation within the brackets and parentheses.

In a different thread, someone made the point that emails are informal and hence poor punctuation and poor grammar are acceptable.

Not all of these messages are reprinted in their entirety, though original spellings and punctuation are preserved.

Even spammers are expected to use standard capitalization and punctuation on these academic fora.

Missing are the entwined couples in free fall that served as dramatic punctuation to the idyllic nightscapes of his paintings.

Many downtown types prefer the fractions and punctuation marks, she said.

Too many of my students still struggle with basic sentence structure, noun-verb agreement, and basic punctuation.

No more lying, no more melodrama, still run-on sentences still funny punctuation but so what.

Few people are educated rigorously in grammar and punctuation these days.

The punctuation of his various scenes is so delicate that it frequently becomes elusive.

It came unedited and contains misspelling and relaxed grammar and punctuation.

Their troubles and attachments seem almost errant punctuation marks, lost in a sea of white page.

The run-on quality of your posts suggests that: you don't want to take the time to leave markers for clarity, such as punctuation.

Accenting that playfulness were sudden unexpected high notes and vocal punctuation that has become more emphatic in recent years.

Please use standard capitalization and punctuation in this academic forum.

Unfortunately, it's not always easy to find those punctuation marks.

It would be nice if you wrote this article using proper, accepted punctuation and grammar.

She uses her twirling vibrato as rhythmic punctuation.

Selby had no formal training, and disdained the prim order of punctuation and plot.

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World English Dictionary

punctuation (ˌpʌŋktjʊˈeɪʃən)

—n
1.	the use of symbols not belonging to the alphabet of a writing system to indicate aspects of the intonation and meaning not otherwise conveyed in the written language
2.	the symbols used for this purpose
3.	the act or an instance of punctuating

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Word Origin & History

punctuation

1539, "pointing of the psalms," from M.L. punctuationem (nom. punctuatio) "a marking with points," from punctuatus, pp. of punctuare "to mark with points or dots," from L. punctus "a prick" (see point). Meaning "system of inserting pauses in written matter" is recorded from 1661.

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