Can you name even half?

[Jemisa]

There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar.
Can you name at least half of them?

jem

[tearinghair]

And as for 'he may have died' etc when it should be 'he might have died'.... a completely different meaning and it doesn't make sense! Oh dear, what a grumpy old woman I'm turning into!

[factor-fiction]

Hi buenchico- I regard an Oxford comma to be no different to a normal comma. The Oxford comma just refers to the practice adopted in the US (and at Oxford University apparently) of using a comma after the 'and' in lists.
For example: the colours on the Union Flag are "red, white, and blue".

[mollykins]

ahhh ok and we use the square ones in maths if we need brackets within brackets.

[Jemisa]

= = = = = Braces.

jem

[jno]

what do you do with them in English grammar, Jem?

[scotman]

If you do any programming in 'C' you will soon get the difference between parentheses, brackets and braces

[Jemisa]

Dunno jno, I didn't invent 'em.

But if I gave you a nail varnish and a tin of nivea what could you give me of equel value in return? perhaps a lipstick and a blusher eh?
Soo 1,nail varnish & 1,tin of cream = 1, Lipstick & 1,Blusher.

Best I can do.

jem.

[jno]

actually, I think {{{}}} are braces. But they're more to do with maths than wiht English.

[rosamundjohn]

What is an elipsis?