Lesson 4 Flashcards

(15 cards)

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Full stop

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.

he symbol . used in writing at the end of a sentence or at the end of the short form of a word
Noun
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Colon

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:

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Semicolon

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;
Noun
he symbol ; used in writing between two parts of a sentence, usually when each of the two parts could form grammatical sentences on their own. A semicolon can also separate the things in a list.

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Brackets

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()

either of two symbols put around a word, phrase, or sentence in a piece of writing to show that what is between them should be considered as separate from the main part:

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Dash

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_
the symbol – used to separate parts of a sentence

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Exclamation mark

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!
Noun
the symbol ! written immediately after an exclamation

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Hyphen

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-
noun
the symbol -, used to join two words together, or to show that a word has been divided into two parts at the end of one line and the beginning of the next:

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Quotation Mark

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«»“””„
Noun

quotation mark

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9
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Interrupt

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Verb

to stop a person from speaking for a short period by something you say or do: to cut off (a view etc )

(Society & Education

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Further

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verb = adverb = adjective
Adv = Further
Adv, adj = more or extra:
Verb= to develop or make progress in something:

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Omit

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Verb

to fail to include or do something:
»> to , from
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Abbreviation

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Noun

a short form of a word or phrase:

> > for

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Incredible

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Adj

impossible, or very difficult, to believe:
Society & education

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Exclamation

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Noun

something you say or shout suddenly because of surprise, fear, pleasure, etc.:
» of
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Punctuation

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Noun
((the use of) special symbols that you add to writing to separate phrases and sentences to show that something is a question, etc.:
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