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    Punctuation Marks Ranked From Worst To Best

    Because sadly, not all dashes are created equal.

    13. Apostrophe

    12. Quotation Mark

    11. En dash

    10. Colon

    9. Semicolon

    8. Comma

    7. Parenthesis

    6. Question Mark

    5. Ellipsis

    4. Hyphen

    3. Period

    2. Em Dash

    1. Exclamation Mark

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