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PF Basic English

Punctuation and Capitalization

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The number of punctuation marks Eight
Marks the end of a sentence or used at the end of some abbreviations. Period.
Marks the end of direct question. Question Mark?
Appears at the end of a sentence to express excitement or emphasis. Exclamation Point!
This punctuation mark points to something that follows it, like introducing a list. Colon:
Has five jobs. Comma,
Comma job 1 Separates two complete sentences joined by a conjunction.
Comma job 2 Separates introductory words from the main part of a sentence.
Comma job 3 Separates items in a list of three or more items.
Comm job 4 Sets off words that add details.
Comma job 5 Separates introductory words and the names of people being spoken to from the rest of the sentence.
Separates two complete sentences that are very closely related. Semicolon;
Indicates possession or used in a contraction. Apostrophe'
Set off the exact words of a speaker or used to set off titles of short works. Quotation Marks " "
When you put someone else's words into your own. Paraphrase
Always capitalize this pronoun. I
Always capitalize words like Mother and Father, except when the word right before it is a... possessive pronoun (my, our, your, his, her, and their.
Prepositions are never capitalized when used in a... Title
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