| A | B |
|---|
| . full stop | to end a sentence |
| , comma | to make smaller breaks within a sentence, e.g after a clause or a joining word |
| ! exclamation mark | to indicate strong feelings, e.g. surprise, anger, indignation |
| ? question mark | to end a question |
| ; semi-colon | to make a break in a long sentence, which is longer than a comma and shorter than a full stop |
| : colon | before a list |
| - dash | to quickly add extra information which is not relevant to the rest of the sentence |
| ( ) close brackets | to quickly add extra information which is not relevant to the rest of the sentence |
| - hyphen | to join two words to make a new word |
| 's apostrophe 'S' | to show that something belongs to somebody or to show 2 words have been put together |
| ... dot dot dot | to show something is unfinished |
| ' ' inverted commas | to show something is being referred to by a strange name |
| " " speech mark, or quotation marks | to show which words were spoken |
| underline | for titles or sub-headings |
