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Full Stop. Question Mark? Exclamation Mark!

You have to stop. What did you say? I said stop!

Continuing in our series on punctuation marks, we will carry on with full stop (period mark), question mark and exclamation mark. These particular punctuation marks are all used to end a sentence. They are used to convey information differently; both informatively and emotionally.

Full stop; also known as period.

At the end of a sentence, which is…

In English writing, Ellipsis (pl. Ellipses) can be defined as:

An omission of one or more words that are obviously understood

(Merriam Webster Dictionary)

2.    A mark or marks (…) indicating omission or pause

(Merriam Webster Dictionary)

In this article we will be looking at the second definition and how it is applied.

When used with quotes or excerpts, ellipses can be placed at the beginning…

This has not been my most productive writing day! I’ve been staring at my screen, deleting things, re-writing stuff. Terrible.  Then, I got up, folded the laundry, made some coffee (my drug of preference), and continued. This has been going on all day. You know those days, when you can’t seem to get one sentence right? You are continually racking your brain for the right twist; the right words to…

Don’t be confused, Brackets and Parentheses are NOT the same thing and should NOT be used interchangeably.

Parentheses  

A word or phrase enclosed within parentheses is an idea, clarification, or thought without which the sentence would still be complete. Look at this example:

The man showed up (terribly late) wearing a tattered suit.  

If you remove the parenthetical phrase, the sentence would…