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Ellipsis: three dots in a printed text, which show where
one or more words have been intentionally left out.
Hyphen: the mark that joins two words or syllables
together, or shows that a word has been divided into two
parts at the end of one line and the beginning of the next
e.g. co-ordination.
Dash: the mark that is utilised to separate parts of a
sentence
Oblique line = Oblique stroke "British English" = Slash:
the mark that can be utilised to separate letters, numbers or
words.
Round brackets "British English" = Parentheses
"American English": the punctuation marks that are put
around a word, phrase or sentence in writing to show that
the items they include should be considered separate from
the main part.
Square brackets "British English" = brackets "American
English": the brackets that are shaped like two halves of a
square.
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