Punctuations and their use

A detailed ppt on were to use punctuations while writing

1. P U N C T U A TI O Ns

2. Why we use Punctuations ?? .. ,, !!

3. Comma ( , ) “comma” is used to show a slight pause. It is used to group words that belong together and to separate those that do not. Dear sir, Yours faithfully, 20 th Jan,2016

4. Question Mark(?) Use a question mark (?) to indicate a direct question when placed at the end of a sentence. Why What when where How

5. Exclamation mark (!) Exclamation means a expression of feeling of surprise, wonder or other sudden, unexpected and unheard feelings. Examples: Stop! Look! Listen! Oh! Ah!

6. Semi-colon (;) To complete a sentence, the mark of semi-colon is used. it is used to separate a compound sentence transition and items of a series. The words such as however , therefore , hence , thus , besides are used after a sentence Example: There was an earthquake ; however no loss of life.

7. Colon( :) This punctuation indicates a closing of a sentence. It is used to separate sentences like units within a sentence or before a list. Examples: To: CC: From: Subject:

8. Apostrophe(‘) An apostrophe (‘) is used to indicate the omission of a letter or letters from a word, Usage of Apostrophe: >Possesive Apostrophe Examples- Teacher’s table, Company’s name, Officer’s chamber >Apostrophe is placed after the letter ‘S’ in case noun is a plural. Examples: Workers 'problems, Students’ research, Customers’ demand, companies 'annual report

9. >Apostrophe is used before the letter ‘s’ in the case of plural nouns which do not have ‘S’. Examples: Children’s problems Women’s university Men’s hostel Omitted Letters: Examples: She will – She’ll did not – didn’t would not- Wouldn’t We are- we’re

10. Quotation Marks/Inverted Commas(“”) Used to indicate the exact words of the writer or speaker. And they are repeated by someone Quotation marks are used to enclose a direct quotation. Examples: I asked “who is the class teacher of your class.” The inspector asked , “who is your employer? What is his name”?

11. Hyphen(-) It is used to join two parts of a word or phrase particularly a compound noun. To divide a word, between two adjectives and to clarify the meaning. Examples: Co-exist First-in-first-out

12. Parenthesis( ) This is used to separate the words or group of words within a sentence from the rest of a sentence.

13. Bracket [ ] This is used to enclose or group together one or more words, symbols It is also used to enclose figures or words already in parenthesis. [ ( ) ]

14. Caret (^) : It is a mark used in printing or typing to carry out a correction to show where to insert words, figures etc., missed originally.

15. Full stop(.) This mark indicates the end of a sentence, or abbreviation to separate sentences.

16. Slash(/) Slash is used to separate words or to show omission. Usage of Slash To show omission: c/o- “In care of” To indicate Numbers: ¾ indicating fractions 1/18/2016 indicating dates