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CAPITAL LETTERS & PUNCTUATIONS
By Ms Choy Li Lee
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Capital Letters (A, B, C….)
Example:The boy’s name is Ali.
We will go to Malacca in March.
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Full stop / Period (.)
My name is Tan Li Ying.
He said, “The girl lives in Kuala Lumpur.”
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Comma (,)
Mangose, rambutan, papayas and durians are some examples of Malaysian fruit.
When he opened the door, he saw a salesman standing outside, holding a box of washing powder.
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Question Mark (?)
Do you know the meaning of this word?
Your birthday was yesterday, wasn’t it?
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Colon (:)
The canteen sells a variety of food: rice, noodles, cakes and all sorts of titbits.
Can you spell these words: giant, business and calendar?
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Semi-colon (;)
Please on hold; my father is coming.
Some oranges are sweet; others are quite sour.
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Inverted commas/quotation marks(“ ”)
Mrs Ching said, “I brought this handbag for RM20.”
“What are you doing here?” asked the guard.
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Inverted commas/quotation marks(“ ”)
“Thank you for helping me,” he replied.
The monitor shouted, “Boys, keep quiet!”
“Don’t touch that wire,” warned the electrician.
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Apostrophe (’)
Mr Wong’s sonThe elephant’s tailThe ladies’ clothesThe soldiers’ uniformsRoss’ handbagAli and Abu’s parents.
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Exclamation Mark (!)
I loved the play!The monitor shouted, “Boys, keep quiet!”
Help!
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Ellipsis (…)
“The sight was awesome...truly amazing,“ he said.
“Let me check…I am sorry, I do not have the book that you wanted,” said the librarian.
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Hyphen ( - )
Karen is his ex-girlfriend.
There are fifty-two playing cards in a deck.
He lived to be one hundred twenty-one.
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Dash ( -- or — )
An introductory paragraph is a brief paragraph that comes — yes, you guessed it — at the beginning of an essay.
This is the end of our story — or so we thought.