PUNCTUATIONS IN GRAMMER
punctuations: are the symbol to create and support within the sentence or to break it up.
Full stops ( . ) , commas ( , ) , question mark ( ? ), exclamation marks ( ! ),
Some of the rules for punctuations
Rule 1: we always begins with a sentence of capital letter(A-Z) like name of the people, country place and other special names
Example : Welcome to bidar, Shefail, The Goulgumatt, etc.
Rule 2 : we must put a full stop (.) when a sentence is completed.
Example: Let us come here.
Rule 3 :when a sentence ends with a Question mark (?) its needs to an answer.
Example: today you are coming to school?
Rule 4: commas are used to separate the words in the list of things. They are not used before the word “and”.
Example: I like to play football, badminton and cricket.
Rule 5: we always put a exclamation mark (!) at the end of the show our surprise joy or anger.
Example : what a pretty dress!
Hurrah! We have won the game
Rule 6 : Parenthesis is a word or a sentence that is inserted writing a extra information using brackets
Example : James ( who was certified of height)
Punctuation marks.:
- Full stop ( . )
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Comma ( , )
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Question Mark ( ? )
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Exclamation Mark ( ! )
Full Stop ( . )
Full stop is used at the end every statement and command.
Examples:
1. she went to market.
- The lady has switched on the lamp.
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Wait for Rishi.
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Please leave me.
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Please go outside.
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Don’t beat the drum now.
Full stop is used with abbreviations also
Example :
B.A., B.com., Bsc., M.A., M.L.A., M.P., B.B.M., B.B.A.,
But the now days the use of full stop becomes very less
Comma ( , ) :
comma is used for a short pause in the middle of a sentence.
Comma is used to separate the series of words in a sentence.
Examples :
- If you ask, she will help you.
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Mr. Rubella, the senior doctor, has stopped practice.
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Nikhil, udit, Vikram and smarth are friend.
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Mahi has a copy, a pencil, a book and a bag.
Questions Mark ( ? ) :
A question Mark is used at the end of every interrogative sentence.
Examples:
- What do you want?
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Are you happy?
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Do you want coffee?
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Are you coming to Bidar?
Exclamation Mark ( ! ) :
An examination mark is used at the end of every exclamation sentence.
Examples:
- What a good luck!
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How pretty you are looking!
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You did too ossum!
Capital letters used in the following situations.
Rule 1: a sentence starts with a capital letters
Example : (I) Nishan reads a book.
(ii) Jayshree sings a song
(iii) Ranveer went to school.
Rule 2 : proper nouns are always begins with capital letters placed anywhere in a sentence.
Examples : (I) I saw mohan doing his work.
(ii) The largest city in India is delhi
(iii) I saw Ravi want to hospital.
Rule 3: The pronoun ‘I’ always written in capital letter, used anywhere in the sentence.
Examples: (i) She said to me that I was guilty.
(ii) I do what I like.
Rule 4: The word ‘God’ if used for the creator of this word always begins with a capital letters.
Example : (i) You must pray to god everyday.
(ii) Everything in this world is made by God.
Rule 5:
Particular names like town, countries, places, monuments, days, months, rivers, mountains, oceans, etc. Begin with a capital letters;
Example:
(I) Bidar is a town.
(II) Japan is rich country.
(III) Chandigarh is the capital of Punjab.