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é acute accent The acute accent is a symbol placed over a vowel in some languages (for example, French and Spanish).	& ampersand An ampersand is a symbol that means "and."	can't apostrophe An apostrophe is a symbol that indicates that some letters have been omitted from a word (for example, "do not" can be written as the contraction "don't"). Apostrophes are also used to show possession (for example, Jane's doll means a doll belonging to Jane).	@ at sign The @ on keyboards and in email addresses is called the "at sign." You can write one easily by writing a lower case a, then continuing to draw an almost-complete circle around the a.	check A check is mark that is used to note that something has been done or is correct.
ˆ circumflex Circumflex is an accent placed over a vowel in some languages (such as French).	: colon A colon is a punctuation mark that is used to introduce a list in a sentence or a quote, to separate two major parts of a sentence, to indicate a ratio (such as 1:2) or a time (8:15). For example: These students were on the honor roll: Lisa, Jason, and Jessica.	, comma A comma is a punctuation mark used to separate words or phrases in a sentence.	dot A dot is a tiny speck or a period.	... ellipsis An ellipsis is three dots in a row; it is used to indicate that part of a sentence or sequence has been omitted. It is spoken, "dot, dot, dot." One example of the use of an ellipsis is: Smith said, "Rome had many terrible leaders, ... who caused the Empire to fall." Another example is the mathematical series: 1,3,5,7,9,... (the rest of the odd numbers are implied but not written down).
! exclamation point An exclamation point is a punctuation mark that is used to show strong feeling!	` grave accent The grave accent is a symbol placed over a vowel in some languages (such as French).	- hyphen The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join or to separate words. Some examples of hyphenated words are: merry-go-round, light-blue, twenty-four, and re-entry.	¶ paragraph A paragraph is a one or more sentences that cover a single topic. The symbol for paragraph is ¶.	period A period is a dot used at the end of a sentence to indicate that it is the end.
question mark A question mark lets you know that a sentence is a question.	"One if by land, ..." quotation marks Quotation marks are used around a quote, when you want to relay exactly what was said or written.	; semicolon A semicolon is a punctuation mark; it is used to separate major parts of a compound sentence.	~ tilde Tilde is a mark placed over a letter in some languages (especially Spanish).	ü umlaut Umlaut is an mark placed over a vowel in some languages (especially German).
ABC 123 underline When you underline (or underscore) something, you draw a line under it.

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