Synonyms for punctuation
ˌpʌŋk tʃuˈeɪ ʃənpunc·tu·a·tion

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1. punctuationnoun

   something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions

   Synonyms:
   punctuation mark

2. punctuation, punctuation marknoun

   the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases

   Synonyms:
   punctuation mark

3. punctuationnoun

   the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases

   Synonyms:
   punctuation mark

Matched Categories

1. • Grouping
   • Interruption

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1. Stephen Dobranski:

   Perhaps some millennials have thus become more attentive to such details as punctuation and grammar, whether they are hashtags or semicolons or sentence fragments. The details that millennials find most important, though, might differ from the rules that earlier writers emphasized.

2. Sharon Burke:

   It's a really important punctuation mark on what he's saying is a top priority for him, it's the ultimate legacy issue because it is something that's going to affect so many generations of Americans.

3. Julie Burchill:

   Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death's perfect punctuation mark is a smile.

4. Tom Waits:

   I’ve always been a word guy, I like weird words and I like American slang and all that and words that are no longer being used… I like to drag them out of the box and wave them around… this is an interesting one, it’s amazing how in addition to punctuation just a little pause in the wrong place can just completely transform the meaning of something.

5. Jill Marangoni:

   Their written language is really taking a hit right now, fifth graders that were strong writers in school, who would never have turned in anything without editing it first -- you see what the work they're turning in. It's missing capitals, it's missing punctuation, run on sentences -- just lacking that quality that they had at school and that they just don't have now.