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New answer posted•a year ago

What is an ellipsis used for?

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Ellipsis is an English punctuation mark with the symbol “.”. An ellipsis is three evenly spaced dots, which indicates an incomplete thought or omission of some words. These three dots show that the sentence has been left incomplete deliberately.

For example: I am not sure what to do … I think we shou

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Some punctuations are categorized as end punctuations. The end punctuations are:

  • Periods (.) – It is used to mark an end to the sentences.
  • Question marks (? ) – It is used to end the sentence to indicate a query or direct question.
  • Exclamation marks (!) – It is used to end the sentence to indicate emph

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New answer posted•a year ago

What are the 5 punctuation marks?

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There are 14 punctuation marks in English. Of these, the commonly used 5 punctuation marks are:

  • Commas
  • Period or Full Stop
  • Apostrophes
  • Exclamation mark
  • Question mark

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What is punctuation?

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Punctuation is a set of marks used in a sentence to add clarity and meaning in the piece of writing. There are 14 punctuation marks in English. These punctuations are:

  • Commas
  • Period or Full Stop
  • Apostrophes
  • Colon
  • Semicolon
  • Exclamation mark
  • Question mark
  • Parenthesis
  • Brackets
  • Braces
  • Dash
  • Hyphen
  • Ellipsis 

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Have a look at the 4 common punctuation marks in English with examples below:

  • Full Stop/ Period (.)- The CAT jumped over the table.
  • Comma (, )- She brought snacks, fruits and deserts for the party.
  • Question Mark (? )- Did you visit the dentist?
  • Exclamation Mark (!)- Wow! you look wonderful today.

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