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Vinony

punctuation

noun

  1. system of rules and traditions of using punctuation marks
  2. act or process of marking or dividing (especially by using punctuation marks)
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌpʌŋk.t͡ʃuˈeɪ.ʃən/

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin punctuātiō (“a marking with points, a writing, agreement”), from punctuō (“to mark with points, settle”). Morphologically, punctuate + -ion.

  1. A set of symbols and marks which are used to clarify meaning in text by separating strings of words into clauses, phrases and sentences; examples include commas, hyphens, and stops (periods).

    “Different languages have different rules for punctuation.”

  2. Nikud

    “Jeremiah ii. 34, where the meaningless אֵלֶּה ("these") of the Massoretic text should be corrected into אַלָּה or לַהאֱ ("oak" or "terebinth") […] The change is merely one of punctuation; the original Hebrew text remains unaffected.”

  3. An act of punctuating.