punctuation
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To find out how punctuation was invented in the first place, I spoke with Keith Houston, a Scottish software engineer and author of “Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols & Other Typographical Marks.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2022
If you know you frequently misuse commas, refer to Punctuation, and check your sentences against the advice there.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
Punctuation was developed in the 3rd century B.C. to visually separate sentences and improve comprehension.
From Salon • Jul. 3, 2021
Punctuation was something Samora suspected she would never master: Once she had a thought she expressed it, whether it was one word or a thousand.
From Slate • Jan. 30, 2021
Punctuation isn’t some subtle, arcane concept that’s hard to manage and that probably won’t make much of a difference one way or another.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Vocabulary lists containing punctuation
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Language and Grammar - Introductory
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