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- The Punctuation Guide
The web's most comprehensive guide to American punctuation
- Top 10 tips | The Punctuation Guide
If you aren’t sure how to properly punctuate a sentence—or if the proper punctuation results in a convoluted, confusing, or inelegant sentence—rewrite it
- Colon - The Punctuation Guide
Example Punctuation Quarterly 4:86–89 Explanation: This reads as “pages 86 through 89 of volume four ”
- Question mark | The Punctuation Guide
Terminal punctuation chart Use of the question mark with other punctuation, including quotation marks, is explained in the section on terminal punctuation
- Slash - The Punctuation Guide
Slash The slash ( ), also known as the virgule, has several uses, most of which should be avoided in formal writing Never use a backslash ( \ ) in place of a slash Poetry The one inarguably acceptable use of the slash in formal writing pertains to poetry The slash, with one space on either side, indicates a line break
- Apostrophe - The Punctuation Guide
The apostrophe with other punctuation The apostrophe should never be separated from the word to which it attaches by adjacent punctuation
- British versus American style - The Punctuation Guide
There are two major styles of English punctuation: American (commonly followed also in Canada) and British (commonly followed also in Australia and New Zealand)
- En dash - The Punctuation Guide
En dash The en dash (–) is slightly wider than the hyphen (-) but narrower than the em dash (—) The typical computer keyboard lacks a dedicated key for the en dash, though most word processors provide a means for its insertion Span or range of numbers The en dash is used to represent a span or range of numbers, dates, or time There should be no space between the en dash and the adjacent
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