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 \n oule   \nThe  \nOld  \nFashionedRules of  \nPunctuationBook  \nThe no-nonsense,proudlyold-fashioned rules ofpunctuation to learnand remember for life  \nWard Lock Educational Co.Ltd.  \nWARD LOCK EDUCATIONAL CO.LTD.1 CHRISTOPHER ROADEAST GRINSTEADSUSSEX RH193BT  \nA MEMBER OF THE LING KEE GROUP  \nHONG KONG·SINGAPORE·LONDON·NEW YORK  \nCDodi Beardshaw·Ward Lock Educational Co.Ltd.  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced,storedin a retrieval system,or transmitted in any form or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording or otherwise,without the prior written permission of the Publisher.  \nFirst published-1982  \nReprinted-1992  \nISBN 0-7062-4123-1  \nNote to the reader  \nPencil in your answers lightly so that you can rubthem out and practise again.You can check youranswers at the back of the book.  \nOther titles in this series:  \nThe Old Fashioned Rules of Grammar BookISBN0706238508  \nThe Old Fashioned Rules of Spelling BookISBN 0706240855  \nThe Old Fashioned Handwriting BookISBN 0706241398  \nThe Old Fashioned Multiplication BookISBN0706241215  \nThe Old Fashioned Division BookISBN0706241223  \nThe Old Fashioned Adding-Up BookISBN 0706240863  \nThe Old Fashioned Taking-Away BookISBN0706241487  \nThe Old Fashioned Mental Arithmetic BookISBN 0706241606  \nThe Old Fashioned Times Table BookISBN 0706237498  \nPrinted in Hong Kong  \nThe old fashioned rules of punctuation  \nStart sentences with a capital letter.That way you'll make your writing better.  \nA full stop always marks the end.It closes every sentence penned.  \nThe comma is for small,short breaks,And for lists the writer makes.  \nDashes-like these-tell you something bythe way;They give extra information (so do brackets,I may say).  \nFull stops finish off:colons pause to  \ncompare.They also do this:list,explain and prepare.The semi-colon makes a break;then comesanother clause.  \nIt does the job of words that link-it's a  \nmedium-length pause.  \nAn apostrophe shows the owner of anyone'sthings,  \nAnd it's also handy for shortenings.  \nI'm so glad!He's so mad!She's havingsuch a lark!  \nTo show strong feeling you should use theexclamation mark!  \nA question mark comes after What?When?Where?and why?and how?  \nDo you?Could I?Shall we?Why not?Giveyour answer,now!  \n“Quotation marks\"enclose what's said.Sometimes they're called\"speech marks''instead.  \n1  \nThe capital letter and the full stop  \nStart sentences with a capital letter.That way you'll make your writing better.  \nA full stop always marks the end.It closes every sentence penned.  \nAlways use a capital letter at the start of asentence.Always end the sentence with a fullstop.  \nYou can tell a sentence because it has a  \nsubject and a verb,and needs no more wordsto make sense.  \nPunctuate the following.Find the subjectand the verb.The first one is done for you.  \nthe dog bit the postman yesterdayThe dog bit the postman yesterday.  \nshe went to school on her bike  \nShe went to school c o hon her bike\"  \n工 sou ae  do   or it was a beautiful day for a picnicapicnic  \ntime is getting on  \nme setingon  \nthe sea was really rough  \ngo and get some potatoes from the shop  \nwe hope you can come to the party  \n# The comma\n\nThe comma is for small,short breaks,And for lists the writer makes.  \nCommas are used to replace the very shortpauses for breath that you take naturallyat certain points when you say something.Try these.The first one is done for you.  \nMehmet hated swimming but he dived in.  \nMehmet hated swimming,buthe dived in.The dog hearing them leave started to howl.  \nLeaping the fence the horse came towardshim.  \nI'd buy the red one I think if I were you.  \nCommas are also used to separate words in alist,unless the word''and'does this already.Try these.The first one is done for you.  \nHe bought eggs butter cheese and ","cbCairEwddRp6lHo","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairEwddRp6lHo","pdf",1508158,28,"English","# The old fashioned rules of punctuation\n## Start sentences with a capital letter\n## The comma","[{\"question\":\"How do you know when to use a capital letter and a full stop?\",\"answer\":\"Start sentences with a capital letter and end the sentence with a full stop. 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