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overpunctuates

overpunctuates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overpunctuate.

Meaning of overpunctuate

Verb

overpunctuate (third-person singular simple present overpunctuates, present participle overpunctuating, simple past and past participle overpunctuated)

  1. To punctuate excessively.
    • Do not overpunctuate; it is much easier than to underpunctuate. The general tendency nowadays is to make punctuation less copious than formerly.1893, John F[ranklin] Genung, “The Sentence”, in Outlines of Rhetoric Embodied in Rules, Illustrative Examples, and a Progressive Course of Prose Composition, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.; Chicago...

Questions about overpunctuates

What is overpunctuates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overpunctuates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overpunctuate.

Words near overpunctuates in the dictionary

  1. overpunches
  2. overpunching
  3. overpunctilious
  4. overpunctuate
  5. overpunctuated
  6. overpunctuates
  7. overpunctuating
  8. overpunctuation
  9. overpungent
  10. overpunish
  11. overpunished

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