# Interpreting Punctuation Marks as Words

For the [:punct all] command, the preprocessor interprets each punctuation mark as a word to be pronounced. For example, the symbol "~" is interpreted as the word "tilde," and the symbol "," is interpreted as the word "comma."

For the [:punct none], [:punct pass], and [:skip all] commands, the preprocessor interprets the following symbols normally to modify text:

· .

· ,

· ;

· :

· ?

· !

All other punctuation marks are ignored.