puntuation Flashcards

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1
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full stop

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end a sentence

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comma

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separates items in a list

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question mark

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ask a question

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exclamation mark

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emphasis a strong feeling

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semi colon

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link elements of a sentence

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colon

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introduces a list

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quotation marks

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show what is said

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apostrophe

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show owernership or missing letters

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hyphen

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join words together

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brackets

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set of less important details

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ellipsis

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show that parts of sentences are left out

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