Detailed explanation of punctuation usage

1. Period (. ) use a period at the end of a sentence, and the tone is gentle and not high. Stop reading when you see it, and don't forget to break sentences in your composition. A period is the most commonly used symbol, indicating a pause after the end of a sentence, and is used for declarative sentences.

2. Question mark (? ) means a pause after a sentence is finished. Used at the end of questions, rhetorical questions and rhetorical questions.

3. Is this question wrong?

4, exclamation point (! ) means a pause at the end of an exclamatory sentence; Exclamation marks are also used in imperative sentences with strong tone; Exclamation marks can be used for single words with strong tone, non-subject-predicate sentences and exclamations with strong feelings; After address terms, response words and onomatopoeia words, and at the end of slogans, if there is a strong feeling, exclamation marks are also used.

5. A pause (,) indicates a pause between juxtaposed words or after some ordinal words in a paragraph.

6. Comma (,) Comma is the most frequently used punctuation mark, indicating a pause in a sentence.

7, semicolon (; ) Semicolon is a punctuation mark between comma and period, which is mainly used to separate two clauses with certain relationship (juxtaposition, turning, undertaking, cause and effect, etc.)-a clause can belong to a single repetitive sentence, or it can be the first-level clause of a multiple complex sentence, or it can be the juxtaposition part of a big sentence. In addition, semicolons can also be used to separate coordinate phrases that appear as enumeration items.

8. A colon (:) usually means a pause after a prompt or a prompt for the following or a summary of the above.

9. Quotation marks ("") indicate the quoted parts; Express the meaning of rhetorical question or negation; Indicates a specific title or a part that needs to be highlighted.

1. A dash (-) indicates an explanation. Indicates a speech pause. Indicates a turning or progressive meaning. The uses of dashes are a, b for explanation, c for topic change, and a column for matters

11. Book title (Book title) Book title is a punctuation mark used to indicate the title, article title, newspaper name, file name, opera name, song name, picture name, etc. It is also used in literary and artistic works closely related to written media such as songs, movies and TV plays. .

12. usage of ellipsis (……). A, said the omitted part of the text; B, indicating that the voice is intermittent; C, meaning implicit, let the reader to imagine.

13, period (. ) is a small dot, which is used to indicate that you have finished speaking.

14. The comma (,) dot has a tail, and it is used for pauses in sentences.

15. The pause (,) is like a sesame seed point, and it is juxtaposed in the middle of the word point.

16, semicolon (; ) drag the tail at two o'clock and tie the middle point of the clause.

17. The colon (:) is a small dot, so you should write it after the words.

18. Question mark (? ) It sounds like an ear, indicating that a question is over.

19, exclamation point (! ) Like a small bomb, it expresses surprise and exclamation.

2. Quotes ("") are like tadpoles, with quotations or dialogues inside.

21. There are single and double words in the words, and you should remember the double words inside and outside.

22, ellipsis (...) six points, indicating that the meaning is not finished.

23. A dash (—) is a short horizontal line, indicating explanation and topic change.

24. The title of the book ("") is pointed at both ends, and the names of books and periodicals are placed in the middle.

25. Parentheses (), square brackets [], and notes are put inside.