Semicolon, Use almost like a strong comma; it can be seen as meaning 'and ' or 'but'., Brackets, Use to show parenthesis., Hyphen, Use to join two words e.g. semi-circle., Capital letter, Use at the start of every sentence as well as for proper nouns., Full stop, Use at the end of EVERY sentence (unless you've used a ? or !)., Colon, Use to introduce a list or to join two independent (but related) clauses. Can be seen to mean 'because'., Question mark, Use at the end of every question., Exclamation mark, Use to show something is surprising or forceful., Speech marks, Use to show direct speech - which words are said aloud., Comma, Use to show a pause (to help understanding), to separate items in a list and in speech punctuation.

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