Terminal punctuation refers to the punctuation marks used to identify the end of a portion of text. Terminal punctuation marks are also referred to as end marksBaugh 2005. p. 45. and stops.Research and Education Association 2009. p. 177.
In languages using the ISO basic Latin alphabet, terminal punctuation marks are defined as the period, the question mark, and the exclamation mark.University of Chicago Press 1982 Chicago Manual of Style. p. 133.Lutz and Stevenson 2005. p. 199. These punctuation marks may bring sentences to a close. In their widest sense, terminal punctuation marks bring any element of written text to a close, including other conventions, such as abbreviations.Loberger and Shoup 2009. p. 158.
+ Terminal punctuation in EnglishInterrogativeNoYesExclamatoryNoPeriod or Full stop (.)Question mark (?)YesExclamation mark (!)Interrobang (‽)
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