2-0 Punctuation - Mcguffey's Second Eclectic Reader (revised edition)

Punctuation Marks are used to make the sense more clear.

Period (.) is used at the end of a sentence, and  after an abbreviation; as,
     James was quite sick. Dr. Jones was called to see him.

An Interrogation Mark (?) is used at the end of a question;  as,
     Where is John going?

An Exclamation Mark (!) is used after words or sentences expressing some strong feeling;  as,
     Alas, my noble boy! that thou shouldst die!

The Comma (,), Semicolon (;), and Colon (:) are used to separate the parts of a sentence.

The Hyphen (-) is used to join the parts of a compound word ; as, text-book: it is also used at the end of a line in print or script, when a word is divided; as in the word ''sentence";  as,  

Period (.) is used at the end of a sent-
ence.