punctuation mark
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noun
any of a group of conventional marks or characters used in punctuation, as the period, comma, semicolon, question mark, or dash.
Origin:
1855–60
1855–60
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| punctuation mark | |
| —n | |
| any of the signs used in punctuation, such as a comma or question mark | |
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Punctuation mark
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Example sentences
In the sentence box insert your sentence with each word and punctuation mark on a new line.
He enunciated the words incisively and slowly, carefully specifying each punctuation mark and new paragraph.
Draw the students' attention to the punctuation mark used with the quote on the coin.
There is no hyphen or any other punctuation mark between the words.
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