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An exclamation mark "British English" = An
exclamation point "American English": the mark that is
put after a sentence or word to express excitement,
exclamation, surprise or anger.
Quotation marks = Inverted commas: marks that are put
around a word or phrase to show that someone else has
written or said it.
Colon: the mark that is utilised in writing to introduce an
explanation or to introduce a list of things or a sentence or
phrase taken from somewhere else.
Semicolon: the mark that is utilised in formal writing
between two parts of a sentence, usually when each of the
two parts could form grammatical sentences on their own.
A semicolon can also separate the things in a list.
Apostrophe: the mark that is utilised in writing to show
numbers or letters, which have been left out e.g. doesn't
"does not". It is also utilised before the letter 's' to show
that something belongs to someone or something e.g.
Peter's letter.
Comma: The mark that is utilised in writing to separate
parts of a sentence for showing a slight pause, or to
separate the single things in a list.
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