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5. for months of the year and days of the week. For example,
y Mother’s Day is on the second Sunday of May.
6. for names of festivals and national holidays. For example,
y Christmas
y New Year’s Eve
y Independence Day
y Gandhi Jayanti
7. for names of rivers, oceans, seas and lakes. For example,
y the Ganga
y the Indian Ocean
y the Caspian Sea
y the Dal Lake
8. for names of geographical formations, such as mountain ranges, mountains and
deserts. For example,
y the Himalayas
y Mt Everest
y the Thar Desert
9. for nationalities and nationalities as adjectives. For example,
y Chinese food
y Italian cheese
y the British
y the French
10. to begin every new line of a poem. For example,
y If I were Lord of Tartary,
Myself and me alone,
My bed should be of ivory,
Of beaten gold my throne.
Full Stop (.)
A full stop is used:
1. at the end of a declarative sentence and an Note
imperative sentence. For example,
We do not use full stops after
y The Golden Temple is a holy shrine in titles and initials in British English.
Amritsar, Punjab. For example, Dr C V Raman
y Drive slowly.
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