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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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