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punctuation
noun
- the act of punctuating; specif., the act or practice of using standardized marks in writing and printing to separate sentences or sentence elements or to make the meaning clearer
- a system for using such marks
- such a mark or marks
Related Forms:
- punctuative adjective
See punctuation in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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