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Full stop (.), question mark (?), comma (,), exclamation mark (!), semicolon (;),
colon (:), dash (—), hyphen (-), brackets ( ), apostrophe (’), and quotation marks (‘...’/‘‘...’’), are the
punctuation marks that we use in writing.
Capital Letter
A capital letter is used:
to begin a sentence.
The bottle is empty.
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in the middle of a sentence to begin a reported speech.
She walked in and said, “He is coming just now.”
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for abbreviations and acronyms.
GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)
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NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
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for days of the week, months of the year, holidays.
Monday, Tuesday, Friday
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January, February, June
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Republic Day, Diwali, Dussehra
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for countries, languages, nationalities, and religions.
India, China, France
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Indian, Japanese, Spanish
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Hindi, English, Chinese
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Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism
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for names and titles of people.
Rabindranath Tagore, Dr Abdul Kalam
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for trademarks and names of organisations.
Maruti, Tata, United Nations
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G. Ram Books (P.) Ltd.
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Full Stop (.)
A full stop or period is used at the end of a statement.
We all like him.
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I have been invited by the UN for a talk on environment.
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Comma (,)
A comma is used:
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