The punctuation mark "." is used to signify the end of a declarative phrase. Periods are commonly used after initials and with two-letter abbreviations
1. THE FULL STOP / PERIOD
It divides elements of a phrase and symbolises a brief pause. A comma is often used at the end of a line of text or writing and looks like a dot with a tail (,).
2. THE COMMA
A direct question is marked with a question mark (?) at the conclusion of the phrase.
3. THE QUESTION MARK
It is often referred to informally as a bang or a shriek, is used to emphasise a very strong feeling at the end of a sentence
4. EXCLAMATION MARK
Use a semicolon to join two related independent clauses in place of a comma and a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet).
5. SEMICOLON
The colon is used to separate two independent clauses when the second explains or illustrates the first.
6. COLON
Dashes are used to separate groups of words, not separate parts of words like a hyphens does.
7. DASH
Dashes are used to separate groups of words, not separate parts of words like a hyphens does.
8. HYPHEN
When a phrase contains information that is not directly related to the primary idea, brackets (also known as parentheses) are used
9. BRACKETS
Braces are a rarely used punctuation mark in writing. They are considered in pairs as { and } and also known as curly braces or curly braces.
10. BRACES
Open parenthesis - which looks like (, is used to begin parenthetical text. The close parenthesis,), denotes the end of parenthetical texts in modern English.
11. PARENTHESIS
It is used to denote possession, omit a century in a year ('97), signal the omission of one or more letters from a word (rock 'n' roll), and to indicate contractions (they're).
12. APOSTROPHE
Typically, the opening quotation mark resembles a pair of upside-down apostrophes and the closing mark resembles an apostrophe.
13. QUOTATION
It consists of three evenly spaced periods and is used to indicate the omission of words or suggest an incomplete thought.
14. ELLIPSIS