Bollid52 B.

asked • 03/21/21

How do you read punctuation marks?

especially how do you read these punctuation marks when you encounter them in texts?:


1)period


2)comma


3)semi colon


4)colon


5)question mark


6)exclamation mark


7)hyphen


8)en dash


9)em dash


10)brackets


11)braces


12)paranthesis


13)apostrophe


14)quotation mark


15)ellipsis

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Howard S. answered • 03/21/21

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1)period FULL STOP ESPECIALLY BETWEEN TWO SENTENCES




2)comma SLOW DOWN SIGNAL, CONNECTS IDEAS THAT RELATE TO EACH OTHER BUT ALSO HAVE SOME SEPARATE PERSONALITY




3)semi colon STRONGER SEPARATION SO THAT THE TWO IDEAS ARE RELATED BUT EACH HAS ITS OWN COUNTRY




4)colon WHEN ONE PART OF THE MEAL LEADS TO ANOTHER, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS SENTENCE. HE KNEW HE WOULD LIKE WHAT THEY WERE EATING: CHEESE CAKE, ICING, AND A MALTED.




5)question mark WHEN YOU ARE ASKING, NOT TELLING. DO YOU UNDERSTAND? :-)




6)exclamation mark TO SHOW EXCITEMENT. I'M AFRAID OF THE BIG SNOW TOMORROW!




7)hyphen TO MAKE A PAUSE BETWEEN IDEAS, TO SHOW A SLIGHT WAITING TIME, FOR EXAMPLE DID YOU KNOW WHAT'S COMING NEXT WEEK- - TRUMP MIGHT COME BACK.




8)en dash WHAT'S THAT




9)em dash




10)brackets TO ADD SOMETHING EXTRA THAT DOESN'T FULLY BELONG TO WHAT'S THERE Tomorrow will be a nice day [I don't know really] but I thought I should say it.




11)braces ASK THE ORTHODONTIST. ;-)




12)paranthesis TO INCLUDE SOMETHING NOT TOTALLY RELATED OR SOMETHING EXTRA He worked for the company for a long time (well it seemed long) but it was only two years.




13)apostrophe WHEN SOMETHING IS TWO WORDS RATHER THAN ONE

It's good. It's means it is.




14)quotation mark FOR SOMEONE ELSE'S WORDS SHE SAID "I LIKE YOU."




15)ellipsis A QUIET TIMIE BETWEEN PARTS OF A SENTENCE. She didn't know the answer...so she didn't say anything.

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Bollid52 B.

I meant like how do you read them and not what they are for example do you have to pause or what when you see a question mark? when you see a quotation mark do you just read like you normally do if so how do people know from your speech that there was a quotation mark? and so on for the other punctuation marks too
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03/22/21

Bollid52 B.

also this is the en dash (https://www.thepunctuationguide.com/en-dash.html) and em dash(https://www.thepunctuationguide.com/em-dash.html)
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03/22/21

Howard S.

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I misunderstood how you used the word "read." Another meaning of "read" is to interpret or use them. I guess some of them have special ways to read or not them, as follows below: Period you take a longer breath between sentences or sometimes your voice might fall a bit 2)comma sometimes the voice falls off to show that the part before and after the comma don't have the same value, for example, Going down the street, he saw her. The second part will be more emphasized with the voice. 3)semi colon the voice makes a distinction example: the weather will get worse; it will snow more probably the last part will be louder or emphasized more 4)colon after the colon the pause is probably longer. 5)question mark the voice rises toward the end 6)exclamation mark the voice accentuates the part that is exclaiminig 7)hyphen not sure how this is spoken 8)en dash ??????? 9)em dash ??????? 10)brackets lower level of voice 11)braces ASK THE ORTHODONTIST. ;-) 12)parenthesis less accentuation 13)apostrophe don't know 14)quotation mark suggest another person's tone or words 15)ellipsis not sure
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