(shortened forms of spoken words or written symbols, or phrases, used chiefly in writing to represent the complete forms)

(Latin punctus "a point" or "a mark"; the standardized non-alphabetical symbols or marks that are used to organize writing into clauses, phrases, and sentences, and in this way to clarify meanings)

(mathematics is the deductive study of quantities, magnitudes, and shapes as determined by the use of numbers and symbols while every branch of science and engineering depends on mathematics; measurement is the process of associating numbers with physical quantities and phenomena and measurement is fundamental to the sciences; to engineering, construction, and other technical fields; and to almost all everyday activities)

(this page includes a presentation of the punctuation marks or symbols that are in general use in English writing)

(symbols at the beginning and end of a word or groups of words)