English: Punctuation

Punctuation is the name for marks used in writing. These marks help with understanding. There are many kinds of punctuation. Some of them can do many things. Here are some common punctuation marks used in English and important for editing WIKIdeVEGA:

• . period or full stop
• · bullet
• , comma
• ? question mark or query
• ! exclamation mark
• ' apostrophe
• " quotation mark
• : colon
• ; semicolon
• - hyphen, dash, minus sign
• _ underscore
• = equal sign
• / slash
• \ backslash
• | pipe
• ( ) round brackets, open brackets or parentheses
• [ ] square brackets, closed brackets or box brackets
• { } curly brackets, squiggly brackets or braces
• < > or ⟨ ⟩ angle brackets, diamond brackets, cone brackets or chevrons
• * asterisk
• # number sign, pound, hash
• @ at sign
• & ampersand
• | pipe

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