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Punctuation crossword puzzles on commas, periods, apostrophes, and quotation marks.

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Punctuation

Medium · 15×15 · 14 words
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  1. 1. A mark longer than a hyphen, used to show a break or emphasis
  2. 4. Type of sentence made of an independent clause and a dependent clause
  3. 6. A mark used to connect two closely related independent clauses without a conjunction
  4. 11. Type of clause that can stand alone as a complete sentence
  5. 13. A group of words containing a subject and a verb
  6. 14. Slanted text style used to set off titles of books or movies

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  1. 2. A short mark used to join compound words or split a word between lines
  2. 3. Type of sentence made of two independent clauses joined together
  3. 5. Describes a noun form that shows ownership, often using an apostrophe and s
  4. 7. A shortened form of two words combined with an apostrophe, like don't
  5. 8. A square mark used to add an editor's note inside a quotation
  6. 9. A reference that credits the source of a quote or idea
  7. 10. Type of clause that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence
  8. 12. Three dots used to show that words have been left out of a quotation

Punctuation

Easy · 11×11 · 11 words
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  1. 1. The punctuation mark used to show a short pause in a sentence
  2. 4. The curved marks used to add extra information to a sentence
  3. 9. A sentence that shows strong feeling, ending with a mark like this: !
  4. 10. The name of a book or story, sometimes shown in italics or quotes
  5. 11. The punctuation mark made of two dots used before a list

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  1. 2. A general word for a punctuation symbol
  2. 3. A series of items often separated by commas
  3. 5. The punctuation mark that joins two related complete sentences
  4. 6. The punctuation mark that ends a statement sentence
  5. 7. The type of letter used at the start of a sentence or a name
  6. 8. What a comma tells the reader to briefly do

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