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Punctuate the following paragraph carefully and rewrite it.

i am a banker and these days my life is very stressful i set my alarm for 630 am
and I leave the house in thirty minutes The first thing I do every day is to look at my

calendar and my to do list i have a calendar on my phone but I also have a paper
calendar in case my phone battery drains i remain busy at work and sometimes I do
not get home until 1000 pm.

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Let’s Learn Punctuation

In a sentence, punctuation is used to make sense and aid the clarity of written language.
Punctuation marks can be said to be the expressions we use while writing.
Read the paragraph given below.

When young hiawatha saw the shadows on the moon, he was frightened he asked his
grandmother nokomis what is that she told him that it was the shadow of the great warrior
swangetaha

Now, read the same paragraph with the punctuation marks.
When young Hiawatha saw the shadows on the Moon, he was frightened. He asked his
grandmother, Nokomis, “What is that?” She told him that it was the shadow of the great
warrior Swangetaha.

Let’s Learn Punctuation Marks

Some commonly used punctuation marks are given below.
Comma (,) Semicolon (;) Question Mark (?)
O O O
Full Stop (.) Colon (:) Exclamation Mark (!)
O O O
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