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English Language Activities
| Mark | Name | Example(s) |
| . | full stop | I love Polish food. |
| , | comma | I speak Polish, Russian and English. 'World-English', as everyone knows, is the best place to study English. |
| ; | semi-colon | I hate swimming; my girlfriend loves it.
Neither of us spoke; we merely waited in silence to see what would happen. |
| : | colon | You will need the following: some paper; a pencil; a
pen, preferably blue or black; and your coursebook.
Joanna became a director in just four months: her father was the chief shareholder. |
| - | hyphen | He had something of a couldn't-care-less attitude to life. |
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dash | In each country -- Egypt, India and China -- we were
able to communicate in English.
The following day we had better luck - but that is another story. |
| ? | question mark | Where is the railway station in Skwierzyna? |
| ! | exclamation mark | "Help!" he cried. "I can't swim!" |
| / | slash | Please press your browser's Refresh/Reload button. |
| " | quotation marks | "I think I'm falling in love with you," she said. |
| ' | apostrophe | This is Simon's car. |
| ( ) | brackets | Citrus fruits (oranges, lemons, limes) are rich in vitamin C. |
| [ ] | (square) brackets | The newspaper reported that the hostages [most of them French] had been released. |
| ... | ellipsis | One satisfied customer wrote: "This is the best school ... in which I have ever studied" or in more colloquial speech "This is the best school...that I have ever studied at." |