punctuate
verb (used with object)
to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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I know that I am punctuating literature in the manner of the academic fogies.
From The Critical Game by John Albert Macy