Terminal punctuation
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Terminal punctuation |
Terminal punctuation refers to the punctuation marks used to identify the end of a portion of text. Terminal punctuation marks are also referred to as end marks[1] and stops.[2]
In languages using the ISO basic Latin alphabet, terminal punctuation marks are defined as the period, the question mark, and the exclamation mark.[3][4] These punctuation marks may bring sentences to a close. In their widest sense, terminal punctuation marks bring any element of written text to a close, including other conventions, such as abbreviations.[5]
| Interrogative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | ||
| Exclamatory | No | Period or Full stop (.) | Question mark (?) |
| Yes | Exclamation mark (!) | Interrobang (‽) | |
See also
[edit | edit source]- Sentence spacing – Horizontal space between sentences in typeset text
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Baugh 2005. p. 45.
- ^ Research and Education Association 2009. p. 177.
- ^ University of Chicago Press 1982 Chicago Manual of Style. p. 133.
- ^ Lutz and Stevenson 2005. p. 199.
- ^ Loberger and Shoup 2009. p. 158.
References
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