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Punctuation

List of punctuation symbols.

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Photo of an ampersand

Ais forAmpersand

Punctuation
An ampersand is a symbol that represents the word and.
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Photo of an asterisk on a footnote

Ais forAsterisk

Punctuation
An asterisk is a symbol a little like a star that is used to mark a footnote, draw attention to something, or mark when something might be ambiguous.
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Early Novels Database / CC BY-SA
Photo of question marks

Qis forQuestion mark

Punctuation
A question mark is a punctuation mark used in writing to indicate a question. When you're speaking, you ask a question by raising your tone of voice at the end of the sentence. Since writing has no tone, a question mark is used instead.
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Dennis Brekke / CC BY-SA