- 1. Used to indicate the possessive case[, e.g.
- David's Mac, Kjell's PC]
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- 2. Used to mark an omission, e.g.
- e'er, we'll, he's,'69.
- Sometimes written, but unnecessary, in a number of curtailed
words, e.g. bus, cello, flu, phone, plane (not
'bus, etc.).
colon
| comma | dash | exclamation mark
| fullstop | hyphen |
parentheses | question mark
| quotation marks | semicolon
| square brackets