How to use punctuation and symbols. Apostrophes How to use apostrophes to indicate possession. Brackets When to use round and square brackets and how to punctuate when using brackets. Colons and semicolons How to use colons and semicolons. Hyphens and dashes How to use hyphens and dashes. Quotations When to use double or single quotation marks and how to format quotes. Other punctuation How to use the @ symbol, accents, ampersand, ellipsis, exclamation mark, per cent and spaces. This article was published on Monday 7 September 2026
