Which Punctuation Mark Would Win In A Fight?

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Which punctuation mark would win in a fight?

  • Period (.) 20%
  • Comma (,) 2%
  • Semicolon ( ; ) 18%
  • Colon ( : ) 2%
  • Question Mark (?) 9%
  • Exclamation Point (!) 24%
  • Hyphen (-) 7%
  • Parenthesis ( ) 2%
  • Quotation Marks (" ") 7%
  • Ellipsis (...) 9%

Total votes: 55

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riprxnin
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Tue Sep 09, 2025 10:15 am
riprxnin says... · Tue Sep 09, 2025 10:15 am
Period has crazy durability and the only thing that can bypass it is a new sentence, which, if we're sticking to the rules of the English language, means that no punctuation mark can damage it because they don't start new sentences.
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Tue Sep 09, 2025 10:17 am
riprxnin says... · Tue Sep 09, 2025 10:17 am
winterwolf0100 wrote:Couldn't offer em-dash as an option because the others would've stood no CHANCE


oh wait, I didn't think about that. Em-dashes can cut off sentences before they finish. :o
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