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PuNCTUATION

PuNCTUATION. CAPITALS APOSTROPHES (‘) SEMI-COLONS (;) COLONS (:) QUOTATION MARKS/INVERTED COMMAS ( « « ‘ ‘) OTHERS. CAPITALS. It is difficult to give precise rules about the use of capital letters in modern English. However, they should be used in the following cases:. APOSTROPHES (‘).

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PuNCTUATION

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  1. PuNCTUATION CAPITALS APOSTROPHES (‘) SEMI-COLONS (;) COLONS (:) QUOTATION MARKS/INVERTED COMMAS ( « « ‘ ‘) OTHERS

  2. CAPITALS • It is difficult to give precise rules about the use of capital letters in modern English. However, they should be used in the following cases:

  3. APOSTROPHES (‘) • These are one of the most misused features of English punctuation. They are mainly used in two situations:

  4. SEMI-COLONS (;) • They are used to show the link between two connected phrases, when a comma would be too weak and a full stop too strong. E.gTwenty people were interviewed for the first study; thirty-three for the second. • Semi-colons are also used to divide up items in a list when they have a complex structure: E.gAmong the presents received by the president were three oil paintings of himself, all flatering; a pair of green parrots, which were very noisy; a solid gold medal; and three or four suits of cloths.

  5. COLONS (:)

  6. QUOTATION MARKS/INVERTED COMMAS ( « « ‘ ‘)

  7. OTHERS Hyphens (-) are used with certain words and structures: • Well-engineered/ co-operative/3-year-old Exclamation marks (!) and question marks (?): • ‘Well!’ he shouted, ‘Who would believe it?’ Brackets ( ) are used to contain information of lesser importance: • There were only thirty-one marriages (out of 13,829) in which ‘baker’ was listed.

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