Punctuation Help

This is the Punctuation Help System. Sources consulted include The American Heritage Dictionary, The AP Stylebook, the Publication Manual of the APA, The Chicago Manual of Style, the Merriam-Webster Guide to Punctuation, the MLA Style Manual, and The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage.

To begin, use the contents, index, and search features on the left, or select the mark of punctation relevant to your inquiry:

Apostrophes

Brackets

Colons

Commas

Dashes

Ellipses

Exclamation Points

Hyphens

Parentheses

Periods

Question Marks

Quotation Marks

Semicolons