You may not be aware but you have 12 Pals when it comes to your Grammar. These 12 Pals are punctuation marks otherwise known as Punctuation Pals. The 12 Punctuation Pals can be your best friends in your writing. The 12 Punctuation Pals consist of the following: 1. Period (.) This is a full stop that ends a sentence. 2. Question Mark (?) This Pal is used to asking a question. 3. Exclamation Mark (!) This shows alarm. 4. Comma (,) This type of Punctuation separates items in a list or shows a break in a sentence. 5. Speech Marks (“ “) Show what is being said. 6. Apostrophe (‘) Shows possession or is used in place of letters. 7. Brackets ( { }) Contain unnecessary but interesting information 8. Colon (:) Introduces a list 9. Semicolon (;) Joins to main clauses together 10. Single Dash (-) Separates independent clauses 11. Hyphen (-) Creates compound adjectives 12. Bullet point Highlight points in a list With the correct use of these Pals you will be able to write very easily. So, whenever you are writing you should use these Punctuation Pals, Period!