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Punctuation is the marks like period, comma, parentheses, use in writting to separate sentences and their elements and to clarify meaning

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What is the difference between grammar and punctuation?

Puncuation is an area in Grammar. Grammar can be spelling, verb tenses, capitalization, puncation ect. Puncuation is the right puncuation mark you put in the right area and what conjuction you use before or after that puncation mark. - Punctuation is fairly recent set of conventional signs introduced in order to make written language easier to read. Grammar is the fundamental structure of a language.


What does the colon puncuation look like?

The colon (:) is a punctuation mark, consisting of two equally sized dots centered on the same vertical line.


What is the name of the puncuation use in mostly french names?

a period is "un point" a comma is "une virgule" a colon is "deux points" a semi-colon is "un point virgule" a parenthesis is "une parenthèse" a quote is "des guillemets" (open quote: ouvrez les guillemets, end quote: fermez les guillemets") (in quotation marks: entre guillemets, which can also mean "by the way" in conversation) a hyphen is "un tiret"


What is a puncuation for a possessive noun?

Singular possessives are formed by adding an apostrophe s ('s) to the end of a noun. For example:mother; mother's carbird; the bird's nestbook; the book's titleThere are two accepted forms for possessive singular nouns ending in s:Add an apostrophe (') after the existing s at the end of the word; for example, "Put it on the boss' desk."Add an apostrophe s ('s) after the existing s at the end of the word; for example, "Put it on the boss's desk."For plural nouns that end in -s, the possessive are formed by adding an apostrophe after the existing -s (s'); for irregular plural nouns that don't end with -s, the possessive is formed by adding the apostrophe s ('s), the same as for singular nouns. for example:the books' titlesthe mothers' meetingthe women's meetingThe children's playground