Which Punctuation Mark Would Win In A Fight?

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Which punctuation mark would win in a fight?

Period (.)
11
20%
Comma (,)
1
2%
Semicolon ( ; )
10
18%
Colon ( : )
1
2%
Question Mark (?)
5
9%
Exclamation Point (!)
13
24%
Hyphen (-)
4
7%
Parenthesis ( )
1
2%
Quotation Marks (" ")
4
7%
Ellipsis (...)
5
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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