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               Capital Letter                                        Full Stop

               A capital letter is used                              A full stop (.) is used

               Ê   to begin a sentence. For example,                 Ê  at the end of a statement or command.
                      y The film was very interesting.                  For example,

               Ê   for proper nouns.                                        y The Ashoka Chakra in the centre of
                      y We met Susan at the Red Fort.                       the Indian flag has 24 spokes.
                                                                     Ê  after an abbreviation or short form of a
               Ê   for the pronoun I.                                   word.
                      y Nishant and I went to school by                     y He woke up at 6 a.m.

                      metro.
               Ê   for an abbreviation or the short form                 Note
                   of a word.                                            We don’t usually put full stops after

                      y Mr A P J Abdul Kalam was a                       titles and initials. For example, Mr, Ms,
                      renowned scientist before he                       Dr A P J Abdul Kalam and J K Rowling.
                      became the President of India.

               Question Mark                                         Exclamation Mark

               A question mark (?) is placed                         An exclamation mark (!) is placed

               Ê   at the end of a question. For example,            Ê  after interjections or exclamatory

                      y Who is the author of the Harry                  sentences. For example,
                      Potter series?                                        y Fire!   y Look out!  y Run!

               Comma

               We use a comma

               Ê   to separate words or a group of words in a sentence. For example,

                      y Mary Kom, Saina Nehwal, Gagan Narang and Yogeshwar Dutt won bronze
                      medals at the London Olympics in 2012.

               Ê   to set off a name from the rest of a sentence. For example,

                      y Joy, please lend me your pen.
                      y Are you going out, Rajiv?


               Ê   to separate one-word (or two-word) expressions, such as please, yes, no, well,
                   however, sadly, unfortunately, in fact, oh yes, from the rest of the sentence. For
                   example,
                      y No, I don’t think so.                         y Unfortunately, we arrived very late.

                      y Well, I may be able to help you.              y Give me a glass of water, please.


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