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English Skills with Readings, 5/e
John Langan, Atlantic Community College
Improving Spelling

Key Terms


colon  punctuation mark used at the end of a complete statement to introduce a list, a long quotation, or an explanation
dash  punctuation mark used to signal a pause longer than that of a comma but not as long as that of a period
hyphen  punctuation mark used with two or more words that act as a single unit or to divide a word at the end of a line
parentheses  punctuation marks used to set off extra or incidental information from the rest of a sentence
semicolon  punctuation mark used to mark a break between two complete thoughts or to mark off items in a series when the items themselves contain internal punctuation (such as commas)








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