Punctuation and Reference

Punctuation

Punctuation noun - The use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases.

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Synonyms for Punctuation

Reference and punctuation are semantically related. in typographical symbol topic. In some cases you can use "Reference" instead a noun "Punctuation".

Nearby Words: punctual, punctuate, punctuated, punctuality, punctuating

Reference

Reference noun - Something mentioned in a text as providing related and especially supporting information.

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Synonyms for Reference

Punctuation and reference are semantically related. You can use "Punctuation" instead a noun "Reference".

Nearby Words: refer, referred, referenced, referential, referencing

Mutual synonyms

reference mark

How words are described

good	good punctuation	good reference
musical	musical punctuation	musical reference
common	common punctuation	common reference
many	many punctuation	many reference
Other adjectives: entire, cryptic, little, bad, random, odd.

Both words in one sentence

For reference, this is the episode where Pinkie (who uses "bro" as punctuation) clones herself."On second thought's, it's better just to be drunk for every episode." Driven to Suicide: In "Weeds", Twilight mentions offhand that she would kill herself if there were ever two Rainbow Dashes.

Source: Web Video / Ultra Fast Pony
However, the few times we see him talk to John pre-naming, he comes off as more emotional and brief, actually using punctuation and emotion, with John able to casually troll him with a simple reference to Little Monsters.

Source: Characterization Marches On
The title of Lynne Truss' book, Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, is a reference to a joke on poor punctuation: A panda walks into a cafe and orders a sandwich.

Source: Panda-ing to the Audience

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