Punctuation

Punctuation Mark	Name	Usage	Example(s)
.	Full stop	1. At the end of the sentence.	I love English.
		2. At the end of abbreviation. (e.g. Mr., Co., Ltd.)	I think Mrs. Andrew is a nice person.
,	Comma	1. To separate items in a list of series.	He has a car, a house and a loving family.
		2. To join/separate independent clauses. (e.g. but, so, and, for)	Julie wants to buy a nice gift for her mother, so she take a part time job.
		3. After introductory element.	At the end of the day, we were very tired.
		4. To write addresses, dates, titles.	Mr. Edward Smith, the president of PTA. November 4, 1982.
		5. Sequence connectors.	Therefore, we need to evaluate this.
;	Semi colon	To connect independent clauses.	I love cake; she likes chocolate.
:	Colon	1. To introduce a list or single item.	Philips planned on visiting several countries during his holiday: Japan, Taiwan and China. They forgot to buy the most important item for the party: a birthday cake.
		2. To divide hours from minutes.	11:20 A.M.
?	Question mark	At the end of interrogative sentence.	How are you? You’re from Asia, aren’t you?
!	Exclamation mark	1. After an interjection.	Ouch! That hurts.
		2. To emphasis strong emotion in a sentence.	I was very displeased! I want to go home now!
‘	Apostrophe	1. To show possession.	That’s her car.
		2. In contracted forms.	Don’t do it. I can’t help it.