Punctuation is the art of rightly putting pause , points and stops in writing in order to make the sense clear and comprehensive.

kind of punctuation


  1. 1. Full stop
  2. 2. Question mark
  3. 3. Exclamation mark
  4. 4. Comma
  5. 5. Semi colon
  6. 6. Colon
  7. 7. Quotation mark
  8. 8. Apostrophe

Full stop

The full stop conveys the longest pause in a passage.
Eg
Help me.

Question mark

Mark of interrogation question mark is used after direct question.

Eg
What is this?

Exclamation mark

The exclamation mark is used after words, phrases sentences expresses some strong emotion of sudden feelings of mind.
Eg
What a good idea!

Comma

Comma is the shortest pause and used within a sentence to separate a set of words and a group of words.
Eg
Pakistan, Iran and Iraq are friends.

Semi colon

Semi colon is a longer pause then the comma.
Eg
Drink milk: for it is a perfect diet.

Colon

Colon is used to represent even longer pause then the semi colon.
Eg
Speech is silver; silence is good.

Quotation mark

Quotation mark are used to report the exert words of the speaker .
Eg
He said, “I am going to Lahore”.

Apostrophe

Address to an imaginary or obsent pergon or a personification.


Writing mechanics (Functional English)