punctuation — punctuational, punctuative, adj. /pungk chooh ay sheuhn/, n. 1. the practice or system of using certain conventional marks or characters in writing or printing in order to separate elements and make the meaning clear, as in ending a sentence or… … Universalium
French orthography — This article is part of the series on: French language Langues d oïl Dialects Creoles Francophonie History Oaths of Strasbourg Ordinance of Villers Cotterêts Anglo Norman Grammar … Wikipedia
punctuation — [16] Punctuation is one of a small family of English words that go back to punctus, the past participle of Latin pungere ‘prick’ (source of English expunge [17], poignant [14], and pungent [16]). They include point, which arrived via Old French;… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
punctuation — [16] Punctuation is one of a small family of English words that go back to punctus, the past participle of Latin pungere ‘prick’ (source of English expunge [17], poignant [14], and pungent [16]). They include point, which arrived via Old French;… … Word origins
Slovene punctuation — Punctuation marks are one or two part graphical marks used in writing, denoting tonal progress, pauses, sentence type (syntactic use), abbreviations, et cetera.Marks used in Slovene include full stops (.), question marks (?), exclamation marks… … Wikipedia
Irony punctuation — This article is about punctuation marks used to indicate irony or sarcasm. For the mirrored question mark used in Arabic and other languages that use Arabic script, see Mirrored question mark. ؟ Irony punctuation … Wikipedia
Colon (punctuation) — Colon Punctuation apostrophe ( ’ … Wikipedia
Use of the circumflex in French — The circumflex (^) is one of the five diacritics used in the French language. It may be used atop the vowels a, e, i, o, and u.In French, the circumflex has three primary functions:*It affects the pronunciation of a , e , and o ; although used on … Wikipedia
Quebec French — Français québécois Spoken in Quebec (mainly), Ontario, Western Canada, New England Native speakers (mother tongue) 6 million in Quebec, 700,000 elsewhere in Canada[ … Wikipedia
Middle French — Moyen français Spoken in France Era evolved into Modern French by the early 17th century Language family Indo European … Wikipedia
