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    Punctuation marks play an important role in headlines by adding clarity and saving space. Commas can replace conjunctions like "and" to link ideas. Colons can replace attributive verbs. Semicolons separate clauses. Hyphens are used in adjectival phrases. Exclamation points highlight unexpected events. Quotation marks contain direct quotes, with single marks preferred. Apostrophes show possession. Full stops and periods are generally avoided in headlines.

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    Punctuation marks play an important role in headlines by adding clarity and saving space. Commas can replace conjunctions like "and" to link ideas. Colons can replace attributive verbs. Semicolons separate clauses. Hyphens are used in adjectival phrases. Exclamation points highlight unexpected events. Quotation marks contain direct quotes, with single marks preferred. Apostrophes show possession. Full stops and periods are generally avoided in headlines.

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    Punctuation marks play an important role in headlines by adding clarity and saving space. Commas can replace conjunctions like "and" to link ideas. Colons can replace attributive verbs. Semicolons separate clauses. Hyphens are used in adjectival phrases. Exclamation points highlight unexpected events. Quotation marks contain direct quotes, with single marks preferred. Apostrophes show possession. Full stops and periods are generally avoided in headlines.

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    Use of punctuation marks in headlines


    Punctuation marks have great importance in any language. You cannot write
    a single sentence without using punctuation marks. The same is true of news
    headlines.
    The punctuation marks play two very important roles in headlines. They
    bring clarity and save space in a newspaper.
    This is how you can use punctuation marks to write catchy headlines:
    Full stop (.)
    Full stop is not used in headlines for two reasons:
    1. Each full stop wastes headline space.
    2. Full stops look awkward in headlines. Think of a newspaper page on
    which every headline ends with a full stop.
    Comma (,)
    Comma has great importance as a punctuation mark in writing headlines.
    There are two reasons for this:
    1. Comma saves space: Comma can save a lot of space in a newspaper. You
    can replace the conjunction “and” in most of the headlines with a comma. For
    example, if you were to write: PM and president to visit Kashmir
    You could instead write in short: PM, President to visit Kashmir
    2. Comma can separate two news points in the headline. For example:
    PPP favours early polls, PML-N against it
    Colon (:)
    A colon is used in place of an attributive verb because it can save space. For
    example:
    Centre eager to hold polls in March, says FM (or asserts FM, or states
    FM)
    You can instead write: Centre eager to hold polls in March: FM
    (Here you can replace says, asserts, or states with a colon)

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    Semi-colon (;)
    Semi-colon is very useful in separating two clauses in headlines. For
    example:
    Khalid inducted as foreign minister; Yousaf gets cabinet rank
    Hyphen (-):
    Hyphen can be used whenever an adjectival phrase is used in the headline.
    For example:
    5-year-old girl fights wild dog, saves brother

    Exclamation mark (!)


    The exclamation mark should be used very little in headlines. It should be
    used only when something unexpected happens. For example:
    Spiderman is scared of heights!
    (Everybody knows Spiderman loves to stay at high places)
    An exclamation mark can also be used for writing headlines of funny stories.
    For example if two dogs got married in a wedding hall, the headline could read:
    Bark! Bark! Doggies get married in wedding hall
    Yes! K-2 conquered in winter for first time
    Quotation marks (‘ or “)
    Whenever you need to use quotation marks in headlines. You can either use
    the single quotation marks or the double quotation marks. Although both are
    correct yet single quotation marks should be used to save space. They are more
    appealing to the eyes too. For example:
    ‘I am not guilty’ NOT “I am not guilty”
    Apostrophe (‘)

    An apostrophe is used very little in headlines. It is used when a word is used in the possessive case. For
    example:

    Minister’s car found burnt in jungle

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