Comma, semicolon and colon
Marks in the middle of a sentence
An inventory from the archive: lists of names, years and places, separated by commas and colons. Three marks in the middle of the sentence.
Three marks inside the sentence
The comma gives a pause for breath, the semicolon separates two sentences that belong together, and the colon announces something: a list, an explanation or a quote.
After each of the three comes a space, never before. On QWERTY the colon needs Shift; on AZERTY all three sit on the bottom row without Shift.
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