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punctuation mark (s) (noun), punctuation marks (pl)
A printed or written symbol which is neither a letter nor a number: Punctuation marks help make the meanings of compositions more understandable, such as periods, commas, question marks, colons, semicolons, exclamation marks, quotation marks, parentheses, brackets, hyphens, apostrophes, etc.

You can learn more about punctuation marks by clicking on this Index of Punctuation Marks and Punctuation Marks with Symbols, Explanations, and Examples.

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When someone is in prison, what is his or her favorite punctuation mark?

A period, because it is at the end of a sentence.

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