end mark: difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added

Inline

Latest revision as of 18:59, 29 September 2019

See also: endmark

From end +‎ mark.

end mark (plural end marks)

(grammar) A punctuation mark occurring at the end of a clause or sentence.
- 2011, Geraldine Woods, English Grammar Workbook For Dummies:
  Because this sentence makes a statement, a period is the appropriate endmark.
(typography, graphic design) A typographic element that signals the end of an article. Often they are simple bullets, but they can also be intricate symbols.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+{{also|endmark}}
-End marks or end signs are a typographic element that signal the end of an article. Often they are simple bullets but they can also be intricate symbols.
+==English==
+[[Image:Ballad of Reading Gaol-Mosher edition-End mark.png|thumb|end mark ''(late 19th century)'']]
+===Alternative forms===
+* {{l|en|endmark}}
+===Etymology===
+From {{compound|en|end|mark}}.
+===Noun===
+{{en-noun}}
+# {{lb|en|grammar}} A [[punctuation mark]] occurring at the end of a clause or sentence.
+#* {{quote-text|en|year=2011|author=Geraldine Woods|title=English Grammar Workbook For Dummies|passage=Because this sentence makes a statement, a period is the appropriate '''endmark'''.}}
+# {{lb|en|typography|graphic design}} A [[typographic]] [[element]] that [[signal]]s the end of an [[article]]. Often they are simple [[bullets]], but they can also be [[intricate]] [[symbols]].
+===Anagrams===
+* {{anagrams|en|a=adekmnr|Denmark}}