English punctuation Flashcards

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Capital letters (4)

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(1) Sentences always starts with capital letter
(2) used for proper nouns and proper adjectives
(3) titles of books, films or news headlines
(4) first word in direct speech is capitalised

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Full stops (2)

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(1) indicates the end of a sentence
(2) found after some abbreviations

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Commas (6)

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(1) in lists
(2) when one clause ends and the another begins
(3) Additional information
(4) after words like however and nevertheless
(5) Introductory words separated from the rest of the sentence with a comma
(6)

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