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. (the period) |
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1 | 2.08% |
? (the question mark) |
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2 | 4.17% |
! (the exclamation point) |
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7 | 14.58% |
- (the hyphen) |
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0 | 0% |
-- (the dash) |
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6 | 12.50% |
; (the semicolon) |
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14 | 29.17% |
: (the colon) |
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0 | 0% |
( ) (the parantheses) |
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2 | 4.17% |
/ (the slash or virgule) |
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1 | 2.08% |
[ ] (the bracket) |
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0 | 0% |
' (the apostrophe) |
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0 | 0% |
, (the comma) |
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2 | 4.17% |
... (the ellipse) |
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11 | 22.92% |
" (the quotation mark) |
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2 | 4.17% |
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View Post #21 (Link) |
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I like the double dash (--) because it's kind of like a semi-colon, but different. Plus, I tend to interrupt a lot in my dialogue, like:
"Yeah, but--" "I don't want to hear it!" Double dash, lol. I love it. ![]()
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I love the semicolon, for some strange reason. I think my poems show that; I have to watch or I'll find that every sentence has one. Then the sentence stretches on; some people don't like that...
The ellipsis is a close second... |
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I have a particular liking for the semicolon which I simply cannot explain. Then it's the ellipse.
*realises she said exactly the same thing as Lalo*
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Semicolons all the way! Although I love the ellipse and the dash to. Why have one period when you can have three?
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Semi-colon, just cuz it makes things sound smoother a lot of the time.
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I love Punctuation Mark.
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