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Punctuation and Capitalization in French

Punctuation and capitalization organize text, mark pauses, sentence endings, and highlight names or beginnings.

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Question and Exclamation Marks in French

Question and Exclamation Marks

Les points d'interrogation et d'exclamation

Question and exclamation marks show a question or strong emotion.
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Full Stop in French

Full Stop

Le point

The full stop marks the end of a declarative sentence or a strong pause in the text.
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Comma in French

Comma

La virgule

The comma separates elements in a sentence to clarify meaning or mark a brief pause.
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Colon and Semicolon in French

Colon and Semicolon

Les deux-points et le point-virgule

The colon introduces an explanation, quote, or list; the semicolon separates related ideas.
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Quotation Marks

Les guillemets

Quotation marks enclose speech, quotes, or words emphasized in a text.
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Parentheses and Brackets

Les parenthèses et les crochets

Parentheses and brackets add information, clarifications, or comments within a sentence.
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Apostrophe

L'apostrophe

The apostrophe marks the omission of a vowel to avoid a hiatus or form a contraction.
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Dash and Hyphen

Le tiret et le trait d'union

The dash separates or emphasizes elements in a sentence; the hyphen connects words or parts of words.
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Capitalization

Les majuscules

Capitalization marks the start of a sentence, a proper noun, a title, or an acronym.
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