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/pˌəŋktʃuˈeɪʃən mɑrk/ Listen

Punctuation mark

noun

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

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... the sheet contained a will exactly like that on the obverse. Word for word it was the same. Line for line, punctuation mark for punctuation mark, the two wills on the opposite sides of the sheet were identical except for two words. In the will the Judge was now reading, the name Sarah P. Kinsey was substituted for the name Ardelia Doblin. The date was the same. The witnesses were the same. There were two wills, one ...

— Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective • Ellis Parker Butler

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... tampered with. Firms differ greatly about this. Some publishers feel perfectly justified in going ahead and remodeling a writer's work to suit themselves; others regard an author's manuscript as a sacred possession and never change so much as a punctuation mark on it without asking permission. They may suggest changes but they will not make them. It is a point of honor with them ...

— Paul and the Printing Press • Sara Ware Bassett

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Words linked to "Punctuation mark" : hyphen, writing system, solidus, quote, bracket, dash, ampersand, full stop, stroke, mark, diagonal, interrogation point, question mark, angle bracket, square bracket, brace, colon, semicolon, point, slash, quotation mark, full point, orthography, stop, period, separatrix, parenthesis, inverted comma, exclamation point, virgule, apostrophe, swung dash, comma, exclamation mark