Since the computer stores each letter, number, special character, and
punctuation mark as a binary number, the computer must treat letters, number,
punctuation marks, and special characters as binary numbers.
The seventy-four facsimile reproductions are grouped in an order broadly corresponding to chapters I.1-6 and II.8, and in addition contain two sets of plates (47-56 and 57-74) to illustrate the direct transmission of
punctuation marks from exemplars to copies and changes in punctuation in copies of the same text from different periods.
Still, there's something pleasing about it being up to amateur stick-in-the-muds to worry about rogue
punctuation marks. As yet there is no Gradgrind government quango, no Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Semi-Colons.
The trouble is, most of the
punctuation marks in use today are pretty silly.
What worries me about some of the acronyms or abbreviations used in text messaging and tweets is that unlike, say,
punctuation marks, they put the writer's interests ahead of the reader's.
Birmingham City Council claims the possessive
punctuation marks are confusing.
Both apostrophes in the above paragraph, incidentally, are replacement
punctuation marks: "didn't" is "did not" and "it's" is "it is".
Spaces and any
punctuation marks are represented by 1.
Punctuation marks, such as those that come at the end of a sentence, provide visual, nonverbal guides to the structures and meanings of written language.
All the relevant issues are addressed including basic grammar; pruning unnecessary words and phrases; balancing related sentence elements; making subjects and verbs agree; using pronouns accurately; the correct usage of
punctuation marks; and avoiding the 'questionable usage' of words and phrases.
It also depicts a series of images made up of
punctuation marks, reflecting a craze among young people for creating pictures within text messages.
Findings refer to the fact that the suggested CALL program does develop EFL college learners'
punctuation marks, capitalization and spelling (the three investigated components of writing mechanics).