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Definition of Punctuation mark
1. Noun. The marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases.
Group relationships: Orthography, Writing System
Generic synonyms: Mark
Specialized synonyms: Ampersand, Apostrophe, Brace, Bracket, Square Bracket, Angle Bracket, Bracket, Colon, Comma, Exclamation Mark, Exclamation Point, Dash, Hyphen, Parenthesis, Full Point, Full Stop, Period, Point, Stop, Interrogation Point, Question Mark, Inverted Comma, Quotation Mark, Quote, Semicolon, Diagonal, Separatrix, Slash, Solidus, Stroke, Virgule, Swung Dash
Derivative terms: Punctuate
Definition of Punctuation mark
1. Noun. Any of various symbols (see the table below) used in writing and printing to make the sense of what is written easier to determine. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Punctuation Mark
Literary usage of Punctuation mark
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"Occasionally the Greek cross, or even the Chi Rho, is used as a punctuation-mark.
It was the rule in the classical period to place punctuation-marks only ..."
2. Studies from the Yale Psychological Laboratory by Yale University Psychological Laboratory, Edward Wheeler Scripture (1899)
"About 75% of the non-punctuation-mark pauses are emphasis pauses. ...
The punctuation-mark pauses in the records occupy about 80 % of the aggregate duration ..."
3. Studies from the Yale Psychological Laboratory by Yale University Psychological Laboratory (1900)
"About 75% of the non-punctuation-mark pauses are emphasis pauses. ...
The punctuation-mark pauses in the records occupy about 80% of the aggregate duration ..."
4. Writing Through the Tween Years: Supporting Writers, Grades 3-6 by Bruce Morgan, Deb Odom (2005)
"Each group takes one punctuation mark to study and research over a period of days.
The goal of the study group is to come up with a definition of the ..."
5. Hand-book of Punctuation, with Instructions for Capitalization, Letter by William Johnson Cocker (1878)
"Sometimes the parenthesis requires a punctuation mark before the last mark of the
... When a punctuation mark immediately precedes the last mark of the ..."
6. Elements of English Composition: Designed for Use in Secondary Schools by Tuley Francis Huntington (1908)
"To misuse or to omit a punctuation mark, therefore, may render a bit of language
ambiguous or even quite unintelligible; to use punctuation marks at random, ..."
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