punctuating

Meanings

• Verb

  The act of marking or signaling the end or beginning of a sentence, paragraph, or other unit of text with a punctuation mark.

  - "After finishing the letter, she punctuated it with a period."
  - "The teacher underlined the important points and punctuated them with exclamation marks."

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Variants

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punctuate , punctuated , punctuates , punctuating , punctuator , punctuators

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'pungere' meaning 'to prick' or 'to puncture'.

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Trivia

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1. The first known use of a punctuation mark was in 1440, when a British monk named William Caxton used an asterisk (*) to indicate a missing letter in a text.

2. The exclamation mark (!) was first used in print in 1711 by English writer Daniel Defoe in his novel 'Robinson Crusoe'.

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Related Concepts

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1. Grammar: Punctuation is a fundamental aspect of grammar, along with syntax and morphology.

2. Syntax: Punctuation is used to clarify the relationships between words and phrases within a sentence, which is a key aspect of syntax.

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Culture

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Punctuation has been used in written language for centuries to clarify meaning and improve the flow of text. It has played a crucial role in literature, particularly in poetry and prose, where it can significantly impact the rhythm and tone of a piece.

How to Memorize "punctuating"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize the shape and position of various punctuation marks, such as periods, commas, semicolons, and colons.

2. associate
   

   - Associate periods with the end of a sentence, commas with separating items in a list or adding clarity to a sentence, semicolons with joining related ideas in a single sentence, and colons with introducing a list or a quotation.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use mnemonics like 'Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally' (Parentheses, Exclamation points, Commas, Periods, Semicolons, Colons) to remember the order of punctuation marks.

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