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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].
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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:
In the Kanbun system, special punctuation enables the reader to convert phrases presented in Chinese order (usually subject-verb-object) to Japanese order (usually subject-object-verb), and to supply missing inflectional endings to produce something approximating Classical Japanese.
Unable to afford a professional slogan, something hip and hot and happenin' (Do the kids still say happenin' with the apostrophe and all, or is there some swingin' new punctuation?)