punctuations

Written language symbols

Punctuations is the plural of punctuation, referring to multiple instances of punctuation marks or systems: The punctuations in her text messages were chaotic—exclamation points everywhere.

The word appears when distinguishing between different conventions or styles: Medieval manuscripts used punctuations unfamiliar to modern readers.

grammar

period

Punctuation ending sentences

  • commaPunctuation marking pauses
  • semicolonPunctuation joining related clauses
  • colonLarge intestine section

apostrophe · quotation marks · exclamation point · question mark · hyphen · dash · ellipsis · parentheses · brackets · slash

stylistic

Oxford comma

Final list separator

dramatic pause · poetic license · stream of consciousness · minimalist · maximalist · Cormac McCarthy · Emily Dickinson · unconventional · experimental · rule-breaking

writing

clarity

State of being understandable

structure · cadence · rhythm · flow · readability · tone · pacing · dialogue tags · lists · enumeration

cultural

full stop

Terminal punctuation mark

digital

emoticons

Keyboard-character facial expressions

regex · markdown · keyboard shortcuts · operators

Opposites
written symbol type

punctuationsletters

Alphabetic characters or mail

numbers · numerals · digits · graphemes · logograms

textual function

punctuationsprose

Unversified language

body text

presence vs absence

punctuationsscriptio continua

Text lacking word boundaries

stream of consciousness

Phrases
Family

punctuation

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G