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Full stop / Period
| I love Polish food. |
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Comma |
I speak Polish, Russian and English. |
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| 'World-English', as everyone knows, is the best place to study |
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Semi-colon
| I hate swimming; my girlfriend loves it. |
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: |
Colon |
Joanna became a director in just four months: her father was the chief shareholder.
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Hyphen |
He had something of a couldn't-care-less attitude to life.
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Dash |
In each country -- Egypt, India and China -- we were able to communicate in English.
The following day we had better luck - but that is another story.
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Question mark |
Where is the railway station in Skwierzyna? |
! |
Exclamation mark |
"Help!" he cried. "I can't swim!" |
/ |
Slash |
Please press your browser's Refresh/Reload button. |
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Quotation marks |
"I think I'm falling in love with you," she said. |
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Apostrophe |
This is Simon's car. |
( ) |
Brackets or Parenthesis |
Citrus fruits (oranges, lemons, limes) are rich in vitamin C. |
[ ] |
(Square) brackets |
The newspaper reported that the hostages [most of them French] had been released. |
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Ellipsis |
One satisfied customer wrote: "This is the best school ... that I have ever studied at." |
