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Business Punctuation
Periods, Question marks, and Exclamation points 5.1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Use a period after (blank) and (blank) sentences | declarative and imperative sentences |
| Use a period after (blank) questions | indirect |
| Use a period after request phrased as (blank) | questions |
| a) What does a declarative sentence do? b) Imperative sentence? | a) makes a statement b) is an order or a command |
| Indirect question | a statement because it rephrases a question in statement form. |
| polite request | request that ends with a period |
| DO NOT use a period after the following | 1) number or letters in parentheses 2)headings or titles appearing on separate lines 3)Roman numerals (except when followed by titles, as in outlines) 4) even dollar amounts 5)abbreviations ending with a period |
| Do not use items in a list, unless the items are (blank) sentence | complete |
| A question mark is used after a (blank) question | direct |
| When a series of questions is included in one sentence, use a ? after each question. Don't (blank) first words in the individual question | capitalize Ex: Will you be opening branches in England? in Japan? in Germany? |