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=== Terminal punctuation === | === Terminal punctuation === | ||
* [[Wikipedia:Full stop|Periods]] ("full stops"), [[Wikipedia:Question mark|question marks]], and [[Wikipedia:Exclamation mark|exclamation marks]] are [[Wikipedia:Terminal punctuation|terminal punctuation]]& | * [[Wikipedia:Full stop|Periods]] ("full stops"), [[Wikipedia:Question mark|question marks]], and [[Wikipedia:Exclamation mark|exclamation marks]] are [[Wikipedia:Terminal punctuation|terminal punctuation]]—the only punctuation marks used to end English sentences. | ||
* In some contexts, no terminal punctuation is necessary. In such cases, the sentence often does not start with a capital letter. See {{section link||Quotation marks}}, and {{section link||Sentences and brackets}}, above. [[Wikipedia:Sentence fragment|Sentence fragments]] in captions or lists should in most cases not end with a period. See {{section link||Formatting of captions}} and {{section link||Bulleted and numbered lists}}, below. | * In some contexts, no terminal punctuation is necessary. In such cases, the sentence often does not start with a capital letter. See {{section link||Quotation marks}}, and {{section link||Sentences and brackets}}, above. [[Wikipedia:Sentence fragment|Sentence fragments]] in captions or lists should in most cases not end with a period. See {{section link||Formatting of captions}} and {{section link||Bulleted and numbered lists}}, below. | ||
* For the use of three periods in succession, see {{section link||Ellipses}}, above. | * For the use of three periods in succession, see {{section link||Ellipses}}, above. | ||