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8.  for salutations and closings in letters. For example,

                     y   Dear Mr Rao
                     y   Yours faithfully
                  9.  for the first letter of a quoted sentence. For example,

                     y   Amos asked, ‘Where is my football jersey?’
                     y   ‘You have to complete this project by the end of the day,’ said the boss.

                  Full stop (.)

                  A full stop is used
                  1.  to mark the end of a declarative or an imperative sentence. For example,

                     y   We went to the market to buy a few essentials.
                     y   Do not walk on the wrong side of the road.

                  Question mark (?)

                  The question mark is used

                  1.  at the end of an interrogative sentence. For example,
                     y   Did you go to the film on Saturday?
                  2.  at the end of a tag question. For example,

                     y   You had breakfast, didn’t you?

                  Exclamation mark (!)

                  The exclamation mark is used

                  1.  at the end of an exclamatory sentence. For example,
                     y   What a lovely day!

                  2.  at the end of an interjection. For example,

                     y   Ouch! You stepped on my foot.
                  Comma (,)


                  The comma is used
                  1.  to separate words/phrases in a list. For example,

                     y   Please get some bread, milk, butter and cheese from the store.
                     y   Prince, Priyanka, Ranveer and Maya are my friends.
                  2.  before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence when both of its clauses
                     can stand alone as a complete sentence. For example,

                     y   The game was over, but the crowd refused to leave.
                     y   Yesterday was her brother’s birthday, so she took him out to dinner.




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