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Apr 2022
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#207 English Punctuation Marks

Georgiana, founder of SpeakEnglishPodcast.com
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Today I am talking about punctuation. 

In the second part, you will improve your English fluency with a fun mini-story. It's like having a conversation with another person in English!

By pronunciation, I mean the different spelling marks used when writing. These are the main ones.

Period or full stop . - is a punctuation mark that we use to show the end of a sentence.

Commas , are the ideal punctuation mark to divide sentences or indicate when to pause.

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