End Marks

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

• Use a period after a declarative or imperative statement:
  I went to the library.
  Sign your name here.
• Use a question mark after a direct question or to indicate uncertainty:
  What is your name?
  Chaucer's dates are 1340?–1400.
  Do not use a question mark after an indirect question: I asked them what time they were leaving.
• Use an exclamation point after an exclamatory or emphatic sentence or an interjection:
  Give me a break!
  Hey! Ouch! Wow!

See also: Period, Question Mark, Exclamation Mark: The End of the Line