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5 Forgotten Punctuation Marks We Need to Bring Back


5 Forgotten Punctuation Marks We Need to Bring Back - LinkedIn

The interrobang is a combination of the question mark and exclamation point created by American Martin K. Speckter in 1936.

Five forgotten punctuation marks - BBC Bitesize

Percontation point. People have been trying to come up with a way of expressing irony or sarcasm in punctuation for hundreds of years. In the 1500s, printer ...

A Cool Guide on Obsolete Punctuation Marks : r/coolguides - Reddit

The interrobang is used for shocked questions like "You slept with whom?!" or like the punctuation equivalent of an excited puppy. "We get to go ...

11 Uncommon Punctuation Marks (and How to Use Them)

1. Interrobang · 2. Asterism · 3. Irony mark · 4. SarcMark · 5. Snark mark · 6. Percontation point · 7. Certitude point · 8. Doubt point.

Punctuation Marks We Should Bring Back In 2021 - Content Cucumber

Whether you're texting a friend or emailing your boss, punctuation always matters. Something as simple as switching a period for an exclamation point can ...

14 Punctuation Marks That You Never Knew Existed - BuzzFeed

Dagger. Also called an Obelisk. · Caret. Also called a Wedge, an Up-Arrow, and a Hat, which is cute. · Solidus. Not to be confused with a slash!

Are there any forms of punctuation that we used to use, but don't ...

Comma. Period/Full stop; Question Mark; Semi colon; Colon; Asterisk; Quotation mark ...

8 weird punctuation marks that faded from the English language

Before emojis, punctuation marks were all we had to punch up our writing and give it more meaning. And while today we primarily rely on ...

13 Little-Known Punctuation Marks We Should Be Using

Interrobang · Percontation Point or Rhetorical Question Mark · Irony Mark · Love Point · Acclamation Point · Certitude Point · Doubt Point · Authority ...

13 little-known punctuation marks we should be using | The Week

5. Acclamation Point · 6. Certitude Point · 7. Doubt Point · 8. Authority Point · 9. SarcMark · 10. Snark Mark · 11. Asterism · 12 & 13. Exclamation ...

Common Sense Punctuation (for the Forgetful) - Write It Sideways

Stop Thinking · Start Thinking · Stop Thinking · Start Thinking: I've never seen a sentence that ended with two question marks. · Stop Thinking: If ...

Punctuation that failed to make its mark - BBC

Several writers and inventors in the last century tried to introduce new marks of punctuation into the English language – but they all ...

26 Types of Punctuation Marks & Typographical Symbols

Period; Question mark; Exclamation point; Comma; Colon; Semicolon; Hyphen; En dash; Em dash; Parentheses; Square brackets; Curly brackets; Angle ...

15 Uncommon Punctuation Marks and How to Use Them.

1. Interrobang · 2. Asterism · 3. Dagger · 4. Hedera · 5. Caret · 6. Pilcrow · 7. Because Point · 8. Section.

Why Not End That Sentence With an Interrobang?! - Vocal Media

Periods, exclamation points, question marks, apostrophes … You know those. I mean its a little hard to write a story without a period.

14 Punctuation Marks: Examples & Free Guide on How to Use

Here are the 14 punctuation marks in English: the period, question mark, exclamation point, comma, semicolon, colon, dashes, hyphen, parentheses, brackets, ...

Why this forgotten punctuation mark should be revived for 2021

It's hard to believe the year we have had. Even harder that a punctuation mark could help explain it. But when you consider the history of ...

13 Uncommon Punctuation Marks and How to Use Them

1. Acclamation Point Acclamation-Point · 2. Asterism Asterism · 3. Authority Point authority-point · 4. Caret caret · 5. Certitude Point certitude ...

Rules for Punctuation Marks in English - Speak English with Tiffani

Period. Of course the “period” would be number one on the list. · Comma. Now, I have to admit, I love commas! · Colon. The colon is, in my opinion, a ...

The Full Stop, the Question Mark and the Exclamation Mark

The Exclamation Mark · What a lovely view you have here! That's fantastic! · What fools people can be! How well Marshall bowled yesterday! · People can be such ...


Gulliver's Travels

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Gulliver's Travels, or Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships is a 1726 prose satire by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, satirising both human nature and the "travellers' tales" literary subgenre.

Romeo and Juliet

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The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, often shortened to Romeo and Juliet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families.

Little Women

Novel by Louisa May Alcott https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ58K29zrWDF8XV-UuO0-mm-Fe0klNlo2iVO520UYmgSH_RRXmi

Little Women is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott, originally published in two volumes, in 1868 and 1869.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Novel by Oscar Wilde https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQd9exHr6EA_4-xh_U9xl3M5kNqzEf-pymZVd_vsHID4K7tACuQ

The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical fiction and gothic horror novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella-length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American periodical Lippincott's Monthly Magazine.

The Call of the Wild

Novel by Jack London https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSzl7hFbnP_nvBxIbWuxZcvsypU_S9SqM89ylKpN6sWoi_Aciud

The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London, published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck.

The Age of Innocence

Novel by Edith Wharton https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTAHk_Zbe7hzMZ8vtSKgqDxdc7GtIKYngY0phyG9idmSfZbfi8r

The Age of Innocence is a 1920 novel by American author Edith Wharton. It was her eighth novel, and was initially serialized in 1920 in four parts, in the magazine Pictorial Review. Later that year, it was released as a book by D. Appleton & Company.