punctuation character
a character or string of characters regarded as constituting a
single punctuation mark.
indicates the extent to which this punctuation mark
conventionally separates words or phrases
the punctuation mark is a word separator
the punctuation mark is not a word separator
the punctuation mark may or may not be a
word separator
provides a name for the kind of unit delimited by this punctuation mark.
indicates whether this punctuation mark precedes or
follows the unit it delimits.
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