Words similar to punctuation

Example sentences for: punctuation

How can you use “punctuation” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

McCarthy, who seems to be contemptuous of punctuation in any language, rarely writes accents where they are not needed but often omits them where they are, e.g., mia [pp. 90, 117]; borrachon [p. 227]; mascara [p. 229]; perdida [p. 283]; asi [p. 284]; haran [pt. 290]; and que [p. 318].
More complex reordering may be indicated through punctuation as well.
Despite the egregious lead pun ("The punctuation world is entering a new period"), the story insightfully observes that dots are leaking from cyberspace addresses into traditionally hyphenated items such as telephone numbers.
Incidentally, I startled them one day with Victor Borge's punctuation system, which instructed and delighted them with its differentiated popping and spitting.
While such distinctions have no effect on our understanding of the written word which has punctuation to help it, in speech they are useful pointers to syntax and meaning—or could be, if only speakers would make phrases like the following distinguishable: