| Question | Answer |
| Period. | 2 after when used at the end of a sentence.
1 after when used after an initial or abbreviation
Ex:I'm fine. Good and Mrs. K. Huddleston. |
| Comma, | 1 after used in a sentence.
0 after an internal period in an abbreviation.
Ex: Lions, tigers, and bears! and 10,000,000 |
| Semicolon; | 1 after used in a sentence
Ex: Yes; however, you see |
| Colon: | 2 after used in a sentence
0 after when used to express time.
Ex: Items: pens, pencils, paper and 12:34 |
| Hypen- | 0 before and after when used in a sentence
Ex: Mother-in-law |
| Slash/ | 0 before and after when used in a sentence
Ex: Dated 9/29/08 |
| Apostrophe' | 0 after when used in a contraction
Ex: Won't, can't, don't |
| Quotation Mark "" | 0 before and after the letters they surround
Ex: I said, "Wait" |
| Parenthesis () | 0 before and after the letters they surround
Ex: (Don't stop there) |
| Asterik* | 0 before and after the letters they surround
Ex: *Note this* |
| At @ | 1 before and after when used in a sentence
Ex: 10@ $1.00 each |
| Percent % | 0 before, 1 after
Ex: It was 50% off today |
| Ampersand & | 1 before and after when used in a sentence
Ex: Darma & Greg |
| Pound Sign# | 0 before, 1 after
Ex: It was 20# |
| Number Sign# | 0 after
Ex: Do question #4 tonight. |
| Dollar Sign$ | 0 after
Ex: It was $5.00 |
