Terminal punctuation

Marks that identify the end of some text

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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]

Terminal punctuation in English  | Interrogative

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No  | Yes
Exclamatory  | No  | Period or Full stop (.)  | Question mark (?)
Yes  | Exclamation mark (!)  | Interrobang (‽)

## See also

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* Sentence spacing

## Notes

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1. ^ Baugh 2005. p. 45.
2. ^ Research and Education Association 2009. p. 177.
3. ^ University of Chicago Press 1982 Chicago Manual of Style. p. 133.
4. ^ Lutz and Stevenson 2005. p. 199.
5. ^ Loberger and Shoup 2009. p. 158.

## References

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* Baugh, L. Sue (2005). Essentials of English Grammar: The Quick Guide to Good English (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-145708-8.
* Loberger, Gordon; Shoup, Kate (2009). Webster's New World English Grammar Handbook (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Publishing. ISBN 978-0-470-41080-6.
* Lutz, Gary; Stevenson, Diane (2005). The Writing Digest Grammar Desk Reference. Cincinnati, OH: Writer's Digest Books. ISBN 978-1-58297-335-7.
* Staff of REA (2009). REA's Handbook of English Grammar, Style, and Writing. Research and Education Association. ISBN 978-0-87891-552-1.
* University of Chicago Press (1982). The Chicago Manual of Style: For Authors, Editors, and Copywriters (13th Revised and Expanded ed.). Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-10403-4.

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Common punctuation and other typographical symbols

*      space
*   ,   comma
*   :   colon
*   ;   semicolon
*   ‐   hyphen
*   ’   '   apostrophe
*   ′   ″   ‴   prime
*   .   full stop

*   &  ampersand
*   @   at sign
*   ^   caret
*   /   slash
*   \   backslash
*   …   ellipsis
*   *   asterisk
*   ※   Reference mark
*   ⁂   asterism
*     •  •  •     dinkus

*   \-   hyphen-minus
*   ‒   –   —   dash
*   ⹀   ⸗   double hyphen

*   ?   question mark
*   !   exclamation mark
*   ‽   interrobang
*   ¡   ¿   inverted ! and ?
*   ⸮   irony punctuation

*   #   number sign
*   №   numero sign
*   º   ª   ordinal indicator
*   %   percent sign
*   ‰   per mille
*   ‱   basis point
*   °   degree symbol
*   ⌀   diameter sign

*   \+   −   plus and minus signs
*   ×   multiplication sign
*   ÷   division sign
*   ~   tilde
*   ±   plus–minus sign
*   ∓   minus-plus sign
*   √   radical symbol

*   _   underscore
*   ⁀  tie
*   |   ¦   ‖   vertical bar
*   •   bullet
*   ·   interpunct

*   ©   copyright symbol
*   ℗   sound recording copyright
*   ®   registered trademark
*   SM  service mark symbol
*   TM  trademark symbol

*   ‘ ’   “ ”   ' '   " "   quotation mark
*   ‹ ›   « »   guillemet
*   ( )   [ ]   { }   ⟨ ⟩   bracket
*   ”   ditto mark

*   †   ‡   dagger
*   ❧   fleuron (hedera, aldus)
*   ☞   manicule
*   ◊   ⌑   lozenge
*   ¶   ⸿   pilcrow (paragraph mark)
*   §   section mark

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