Punctuation Guidelines

Tolerably simple rules
for using commas, periods, semicolons, colons, dashes, parentheses,
apostrophes, question marks, exclamation points, quotation marks, and even more punctuation marks.
For help with punctuating most sentences, click here.

For help with punctuating possessive nouns and contractions, click here.

For help with punctuating questions and exclamations, click here.

For help with punctuating quotations, click here.

For help with using other marks and explaining how to punctuate, click here.

Or click on the mark you want to know more about in the table below.

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'
?  !
" "   ' '
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Guidelines updated April 28, 2008.