, Comma -------------------------- I speak English, French and Thai.
; Semi-colon --------------------- I don't often go swimming; I prefer to play tennis.
: Colon ---------------------------- You have two choices: finish the work today or lose the contract.
- Hyphen ------------------------- This is a rather out-of-date book.
_ Dash ---------------------- In each town - London, Paris and Rome - we stayed in youth hostels.
? Question Mark ---------------- Where is Shangrila?
! Exclamation Mark ------------- "Help!" she cried. "I'm drowning!"
/ Oblique/Slash ------------------ Please press your browser's Refresh/Reload button.
" Quotation Marks -------------- "I love you," she said.
' Apostrophe ---------------------- This is John's car.
() Round Brackets -------------- I went to Bangkok (my favourite city) and stayed there for two weeks.
[] Square Brackets ------------- The newspaper reported that the hostages [most of them French] had been released.
... Ellipsis ------------------------ One happy customer wrote: "This is the best program ... that I have ever seen."
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