punctuation revision

colon :

colons can be used to introduce things like lists, they can be used inbetween a statement and between two halves of a sentence.

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semi-colon ;

semi-colns can be used to seperate main clauses in a compound sentence , it often replaces and or but . they can also be used to puntuate sentences.

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hyphens -

hyphens are used to link compound words like x-ray , vice-president and brother-in-law.

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brackets ( )

brackets are a very common way of adding extra information to a sentence.

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apostrophes '

apostrophes are used t show ownership or to put two words tgether for example they're.

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semi-colns can be used to seperate main clauses in a compound sentence , it often replaces and or but . they can also be used to puntuate sentences.

semi-colon ;

hyphens are used to link compound words like x-ray , vice-president and brother-in-law.

brackets are a very common way of adding extra information to a sentence.

apostrophes are used t show ownership or to put two words tgether for example they're.

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