HOW TO PRONOUNCE
punctuation
/ˌpʌŋktʃuˈeɪʃən/
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What does punctuation mean?
noun
- A set of symbols and marks which are used to clarify meaning in text by separating strings of words into clauses, phrases and sentences; examples include commas, hyphens, and stops (periods).
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- An act of punctuating.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌpʌŋktʃuˈeɪʃən/
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His arguments were pointed with specie--we doing the punctuation--and with a little bargaining he told us what he knew.
It is not easy, on any system of punctuation, to represent the Captain’s speech.
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Why, he had all the earmarks of a typewriter copyist, if you leave out the disposition to contribute uninvited emendations of your grammar and punctuation.
Punctuation is not ordinarily used in Chinese literature and of course sentences or paragraphs are not divided from each other by capitals, for they have none.
The series of battles between theology and science in the field of comparative philology opened just on this point, apparently so insignificant: the direct divine inspiration of the rabbinical punctuation.