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Punctuation used to separate various parts of written language units. There are various types of punctuation that have different functions.
Period (.)
- to end a sentence
Example: I went to Manhattan last month.
- to indicate abbreviations
Example: 127 lbs.
- to indicate courtesy titles
Example: Mr. Anderson
- to indicate initials of a name
Example: W. A. Mozart
- to separate the decimal part of a number
Example: 3.5 GPA
Comma (,)
- to separate items in a list of three or more
Example: I love chocolate, ice cream and flowers.
- to connect two or more independent clauses in a sentence
Example: We ran out of groceries, so I went to the store.
- to set apart nonessential appositives
Example:
