punctuation
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(noun) the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases |
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Related Words: grouping, hyphenation |
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(noun) the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases |
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Synonyms: punctuation mark |
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Related Words: ampersand, angle bracket, apostrophe, brace, bracket, colon, comma, dash, diagonal, exclamation mark, exclamation point, full point, full stop, hyphen, interrogation point, inverted comma, mark, parenthesis, period, point, question mark, quotation mark, quote, semicolon, separatrix, slash, solidus, square bracket, stop, stroke, swung dash, virgule |
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