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1) Period [.]: The period is the most basic punctuation mark. Its
function is to separate one sentence from another. It should be used at
the end of a complete sentence.
The period is also used to show that certain words are abbreviated.
b) He came home, changed his clothes, and went out with his friends.
Commas are also used after interjections such as “yes”, “no”, and
“please”.
a) There are many different types of fruits in the basket: apples, pears,
bananas, oranges, melons, and others.
a) I took the children to the zoo today; they haven’t been there before.
b) This is the final test; every other requirement has been met.
a) David has three children, and they are Jane, who is seven years old;
Bill, who is four years old; and Joseph, who is two years old.
a) George’s book
b) children’s toys
c) people’s lives
d) kings’ treasures
e) James’ mother
a) It’s raining.
a) Look out!
b) Oh, my God!
c) How wonderful!
d) I hate you!
e) That’s fantastic!
c) The job was supposed to take only ten minutes – maybe even five –
but he took half an hour to complete it.
9) Hypen [-]: The hyphen is used with prefixes and suffixes for many
different purposes.
a) re-enact
b) pre-war
c) anti-government
d) ex-husband
e) president-elect
f) self-improvement
g) multi-purpose
h) all-conquering
Hyphens are also used to create compound words and join numbers to
express quantity.
a) father-in-law
b) stand-in
c) on-site
d) up-to-date
e) devil-may-care
f) twenty-two
g) fifty-eight
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