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explain punctuation and its usage in a sentence with examples in detail


dian818karan 9th Oct, 2021
Answer (1)
Anirudh Singh 9th Oct, 2021

Hi.

Punctuation is the name of the marks used in writing. They are very essential signs to understand a sentence in correct way. They represent the expression and feeling in a sentence.

Need For Punctuation: Punctuation is used to bring clarity and meaning to writing.

Example:

  1. Capital Letters

A capital letter is used at the beginning of a sentence.

A capital letter is used with proper nouns.

  1. Punctuation Marks
  2. Full Stop
  3. Question mark
  4. Exclamation mark
  5. Quotation marks
  6. Comma
  7. Single Quotes
  8. Hyphen
  9. Colon
  10. Semicolon
  11. Apostrophe
  12. Ellipsis
  13. Brackets
  14. Dash

I hope this helps

Good Luck

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