punctuation character contains a character or string of characters regarded as constituting a single punctuation mark. contient un caractère ou une chaîne de caractères considérés comme un signe de ponctuation unique. 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. do you understand ?