What is Punctuation Mark ?
A mark, Such as a full stop, comma, or question mark, used in writing to separate sentences and their elements and to clarify meaning.
वाक्य को लिखते अथवा बोलते समय बिच में कही थोड़ा बहुत रुकना पड़ता है ा जिससे भाषा सही, अर्थवान हो जाती है ा लिखित भाषा में इसी ठहराव को दिखने के लिए कुछ विशेष प्रकार के चिन्हो का प्रयोग करते है उन्हें हम विराम-चिन्ह (Punctuation Mark )कहते है ा
There are 14 Punctuation Mark :
Full Stop – ( . )
Uses of Full Stop
After an Abbreviation (Short form )
Comma – ( , )
Uses of Comma
Always after Introductory Adverb or Adverb phrase
To introduce a Quotation
Apostrophe – ( ‘ )
Uses of Apostrophe
To Contract two more words
Other Special Cases
Question Mark – ( ? )
Uses of Question Mark
At the end of Interrogative Sentence
Exclamation Mark – ( ! )
Uses of Exclamation Mark
It is used to express the emotion like, excitement, surprise, astonishment, emphasis, etc.
Quotation Mark / Inverted Comma – ( ” ” )
Uses of Quotation Mark
It is used to indicate the beginning and end of a quote.
Colon – ( : )
Uses of Colon
To enumerate a list
To mention the Time & Ratio
Semi Colon – ( ; )
Uses of Semi – Colon
It is used with Conjunctive Adverbs
It is used in a Serial List
Dash – ( ____ )
Uses of Dash
It is used in last or first of sentence to Finish the sentence.
Hyphen – ( – )
Uses of Hyphen
Hyphen is used to join two words or part of words.
Parentheses – ( () )
Uses of Parentheses
It is used to add extra information in the sentence.
Braces – ( {} )
Uses of Braces
Braces are used for math equation,
It rarely used in prose
Bracket – ( [] )
Uses of Bracket
It show that words have been added to a direct quotation.
Ellipsis – (____ or ___)
Uses of Ellipsis
It is used when omitting a word, phrase, line, paragraph.
