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October 25, 2024

Punctuation Marks


Though speech is prior to writing yet the writing script becomes more comprehensible if it is accompanied by punctuation marks. Punctuation marks play a vital role in the drama of constructing meaningful  sentences . Nevertheless, it is very difficult to explain all the punctuation marks in detail hence, a bird’s eye view of fewer fashionable marks and their use can serve as a good recipe. 1-     APOSTROPHE     ( ’ ) To show the possession of living things; A bird’s nest    Aslam’s book For the purpose of contraction; I’ll    Doesn’t To show the plurals of figures; 5’s    10’s   50’s   2-     HYPHEN        ( - ) To join the words; Brother-in-law To break up a word when spellings go beyond the line end and the part of word is placed in the up next line; Horri-ble     Lucki-ly   ...
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  1. Hina
    24 March 2024 at 11:13
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