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 |