{"id":9841,"date":"2022-04-22T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T08:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/?p=9841"},"modified":"2022-05-03T09:34:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T09:34:05","slug":"punctuation-marks-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/en\/punctuation-marks-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Punctuation marks in English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>most common<\/strong>\u00a0punctuation marks\u00a0<strong>in English are periods, question marks, commas, colons, semicolons, exclamation points, and quotation marks<\/strong>.\u00a0And just like in Spanish, punctuation plays an important role in both writing and speaking.\u00a0Orally, it allows you to catch your breath and when writing, it makes reading easier.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 2rem; background: #F4F4F4;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #fff; background: #FF6868;\">\u00cdNDICE DE CONTENIDOS<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#capital\">Punctuation: capital letters and periods<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#question\">Punctuation: question marks and exclamation marks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#comma\">Punctuation: The comma<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#colon\">Punctuation: The colon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#semicolon\">Semicolon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#script\">The script<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Punctuation\">Punctuation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#numbers\">Numbers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>In this article, we highlight the punctuation rules that must be respected in English so as not to incur strange interpretations or misunderstandings.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"capital\">Punctuation: capital letters and periods<\/h2>\n<p>As in Spanish, in English capital letters are used to indicate the beginning of a sentence and periods to also indicate the end of a sentence.\u00a0In addition, in English\u00a0<strong>capital letters are used for the following proper names:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>People&#8217;s names (including titles).<\/li>\n<li>Nationalities and languages.<\/li>\n<li>The days of the week and the months of the year.<\/li>\n<li>The holidays.<\/li>\n<li>Geographic areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. David James is the consultant at Leeds City Hospital.<br \/>\nEl Dr. David James es consultor del Leeds City Hospital.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>What plans do you have for the Chinese New Year?<br \/>\n\u00bfQu\u00e9 planes tiene para el A\u00f1o Nuevo chino?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to being placed at the end of sentences,\u00a0<strong>periods are also used to write a person&#8217;s initials:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Example: GW Dwyer or David A. Johnston<\/p>\n<p>Finally, they are used\u00a0<strong>after abbreviations like etc. (etc.), Dr. (doctor), or Prof. (teacher).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Attention<\/strong>: the translation of \u201cpoint\u201d in English is \u201c\u00a0period\u00a0\u201d in the United States, but \u201c\u00a0full stop\u00a0\u201d is \u201c\u00a0full stop\u00a0\u201d in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"question\">Punctuation: question marks and exclamation marks<\/h2>\n<p>Here, the rule is the same as in Spanish.\u00a0In English, we use question marks to\u00a0<strong>indicate that a question is being asked.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How many times have you boiled that food?<br \/>\n\u00bfCu\u00e1ntas veces has hervido esa comida?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We use exclamation marks\u00a0<strong>when we want to indicate surprise, amazement, amazement, joy, regret, or any other sign of expression<\/strong>.\u00a0Sometimes, in informal writing, the English use more than one exclamation point.<\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<p>Hurry !!!\u00a0We&#8217;ll miss the bus !!!<br \/>\n\u00a1De prisa, vamos a perder el autob\u00fas!<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"comma\">Punctuation: The comma<\/h2>\n<p>Commas are used to separate a list of words or phrases:<\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<p>They were more friendly, more talkative, and more open than the last time we met them.<br \/>\n(Fueron m\u00e1s amables, m\u00e1s conversadores, m\u00e1s abiertos que la \u00faltima vez que los vimos).<\/p>\n<p>Commas in English are also used\u00a0<strong>after certain logical connectors<\/strong>\u00a0and adverbs\u00a0come still, moreover, therefore\u00a0(as yet, in addition, therefore) when they appear at the beginning of a sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, people write stupid things on the Internet.<br \/>\nAdem\u00e1s, la gente escribe cosas est\u00fapidas en Internet.<\/p>\n<p>In addition,\u00a0<strong>other adverbs (too, instead, then, so\u2026) (tambi\u00e9n, en cambio, entonces, entonces\u2026)<\/strong>\u00a0can be preceded or followed by a comma.\u00a0However, this is not mandatory.<\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<p>I want to go, too!<br \/>\n\u00a1Yo tambi\u00e9n quiero ir!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Warning: you<\/strong>\u00a0will notice that the space that is not separated before double punctuation marks or end-of-sentence marks does not exist in English.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"colon\">Punctuation: The colon<\/h2>\n<p>Colons in English have relatively the same uses as in Spanish.\u00a0They\u00a0<strong>allow you to start an enumeration, quote a description, a definition or an explanation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<p>We need a teacher who is: patient, interesting, and enthusiastic.<br \/>\nNecesitamos un profesor que sea: paciente, interesante y entusiasta.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"semicolon\">Semicolon<\/h2>\n<p>The semicolon can replace link words like meta, and, or or.\u00a0Thus, it allows to link several sentence fragments between them.<\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<p>I went to the cinema;\u00a0I was told the movie was bad.<br \/>\nFui al cine.\u00a0 Me dijeron que la pel\u00edcula era mala.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"script\">The script<\/h2>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>long dash is called \u201cdash\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<strong>short<\/strong>\u00a0dash\u00a0<strong>is called \u201chyphen\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0in English.\u00a0It can be long or short.\u00a0Whatever its size, its main function is to isolate a part of a sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<p>You think it&#8217;s easy &#8211; it&#8217;s not.<br \/>\nCree que es f\u00e1cil, no lo es.<\/p>\n<p>The long dash has other functions.\u00a0First, mark a break in a sentence;\u00a0then it can be used to indicate who the author of a quote is.<\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<p>Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead. &#8211; Benjamin Franklin<br \/>\nTres pueden guardar un secreto, si dos de ellos est\u00e1n muertos. \u2013 Benjamin Franklin<\/p>\n<p><strong>Warning<\/strong>\u00a0: If you use long hyphens to isolate a part of a sentence, you must not put a space, neither before nor after.\u00a0On the other hand,\u00a0<strong>you will have to put a space before and after if you opt for short dashes<\/strong>\u00a0.\u00a0Learn more about English scripts.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"punctuacion\">Punctuation<\/h2>\n<p>As in many languages, citations are used primarily to enter an appointment.<\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<p>I won&#8217;t be home until late \u201dhe said.<br \/>\n\u201cNo estar\u00e9 en casa hasta tarde\u201d, dijo<\/p>\n<p><strong>They also mark distance or irony.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<p>On the internet we can read that it is the \u201cbest restaurant in town\u201d but I was very disappointed.<br \/>\nEn Internet podemos leer que es el \u201cmejor restaurante de la ciudad\u201d, pero me decepcion\u00f3 mucho.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"numbers\">Numbers<\/h2>\n<p>In English, the date is\u00a0<strong>usually indicated in the following order: day, month, year<\/strong>.\u00a0We use points to express dates.\u00a0Slashes or hyphens are also frequently used.<\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<p>Date of birth: 1.8.1985.<br \/>\nFecha de nacimiento: 1.8.1985.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-left kksr-valign-bottom\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;9841&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;starsonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;\u00a1D\u00e9janos unas estrellitas si te ha gustado el post!&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;3\\\/5 - (1 vote)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Punctuation marks in English&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;82&quot;,&quot;_legend&quot;:&quot;{score}\\\/{best} - ({count} {votes})&quot;,&quot;font_factor&quot;:&quot;1.25&quot;}'>\n            \n<div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; 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