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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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