Punctuation marks are symbols that indicate the structure and organization of written language, as well as intonation and pauses to be observed when reading aloud.
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Reemplazo de Y por E seguido de coma
¿Es correcto reemplazar y por e cuando la siguiente palabra (que comienza con i) esta dentro de una una aclaración entre comas?
Ejemplo:
Quise hacerlo de tal modo e, inevitablemente, fallé.
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Usar puntuación extra para expresar incredulidad
En inglés a veces, se usa puntuación extra para indicar confusión o ira en una frase, como en:
He said what??
Are you serious?!
etc.
Porque se pone ciertos tipos de puntuación al principio y ...
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Rules of style for Spanish
I know that there are several sources in English to check for commonly-accepted rules of style. This is, regarding how punctuation should look in non-common cases (eg., if the period should be used or ...
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Dash and hyphen usage in Spanish
English uses at least two types of dashes (en dash and em dash) along with hyphens, and there are (fairly complex, in my opinion) rules on when and how each should be used. What types of dashes or ...
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Quotation mark usage in Spanish
In English, we have double quotation marks (") and single quotation marks ('). Spanish adds angular quotation marks (« »). What is the official rule for which type of mark should be used when in ...
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What is an expression in parentheses in the middle of a phrase called?
While I was reading the newspaper today I stumbled against something that is quite common and a bit obscure in writing in spanish.
It comes from this opinion column. (The opinion and debate exposed ...
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Is it acceptable to leave out the inverted punctuation marks?
Is it acceptable to leave out inverted question marks and exclamation points (¿ ¡) from questions and exclamatory sentences?
I ask this because some computers and other devices I use won't let me add ...
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Why is a comma used before a “y” in some cases?
I was taught that a comma must be used this way.
One (of many other uses) is when you want to enumerate a list of items you have to use the comma and before the last element of the list the comma ...
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Are there any true nouns containing a hyphen in the Spanish language?
In this Spanish Wikipedia: about Guion ortográfico I found mentioned
Separar algunas palabras compuestas.
but there are no examples given.
Are these foreign words or are there proper examples ...
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Proper placement of inverted question mark
What is the proper placement of the inverted question mark in sentences that are not completely questions? A common example:
Hello, how are you?
(¿)Hola, (¿)cómo estás?
Or:
That's ...
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Is there an equivalent, in Spanish, for the interrobang?
In English, we have the interrobang -- ‽ (often represented by ?! or !?) -- which can express incredulity and surprise in-text. Does Spanish have an equivalent punctuation mark? If so, would it, like ...
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Origin and usage of “¿” and “¡”
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I was wondering what the reason is that the inverted exclamation mark ¡ and the inverted question mark ¿ were introduced into the Spanish language and not into most other languages.
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