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Full stop (.), question mark (?), comma (,), exclamation mark (!), semicolon (;), colon (:), dash (—),
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hyphen (-), brackets ( ), apostrophe (’), quotation marks (‘...’/‘‘...’’), and ellipsis ( ) 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.”
l
 for abbreviations and acronyms.
GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)
l
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
l
 for days of the week, months of the year, holidays.

Monday, Tuesday, Friday
l
January, February, June
l
Republic Day, Diwali, Dussehra
l
 for countries, languages, nationalities, and religions.

India, China, France
l
Indian, Japanese, Spanish
l
Hindi, English, Chinese
l
Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism
l
 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
l
G. Ram Books (P.) Ltd.
l
Full Stop (.)
A full stop or period is used at the end of a statement.

We all like him. Punctuation
l
I have been invited by the UN for a talk on environment.
l
Comma (,)

A comma is used:

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