and please give me the definition in details
2006-11-24 03:05:47 · 5 answers · asked by RISA 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Punctuation marks are symbols that correspond to neither phonemes (sounds) of a language nor to lexemes (words and phrases), but which serve to indicate the structure and organization of writing, as well as intonation and pauses to be observed when reading it aloud.
2006-11-24 03:08:19 · answer #1 · answered by Lorenzo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
!= An exclamation mark, exclamation point or bang, "!", is usually used after an interjection or exclamation to indicate strong feeling. An exclamation mark is a punctuation mark, and generally marks the end of a sentence. A sentence ending in an exclamation mark is either an actual exclamation ("Wow!", "Boo!"), a command ("Stop!"), or is intended to be astonishing in some way ("They were the footprints of a gigantic hound!").
The symbol is believed to originate from the Latin word io, an exclamation of joy. It was formed either as a digraph of the letters I and O, or as the letter I (for io) above a full stop.
2006-11-24 03:08:31 · answer #2 · answered by chastityelizabeth 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wwwww.answers.com/topic/punctuation
w.allwords.com/word-punctuation marks.html
2006-11-24 03:23:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the definition means why?
2006-11-24 03:08:15 · answer #4 · answered by Raveen 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to wikipedia.com
2006-11-24 03:07:24 · answer #5 · answered by fan_wan :-) 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋