Question

EXERCISE-5
I. Rewrite the following passage / sentences using eight of the punctuation marks wherever necessary.
whatever little i learnt about being a parent i learnt by observing my children and letting them teach me

1. Punctuate the following sentences.
1. you know that i once wrote discovery of India
2. i was engaged in that quest long before i wrote that book
3. it was not mere curiosity that led me to that quest​

Answer 1

Answer:

You know that! "I once wrote discovery of India"

Answer 2

1. Whatever little I learnt about being a parent, I learnt by observing my children and letting them teach me.

2. You know that I once wrote a book called 'The Discovery of India'.

3. I was engaged in that quest long before I wrote that book.

3. It was not mere curiosity that led me to that quest.

Explanation:

• Punctuation is using conventional signs, spacing, and specific typographical devices as aids to the comprehension and accurate reading of written text, whether read aloud or read silently.
• Marks of punctuation and capitalisation enable readers comprehend and interpret sentences better. Some marks are needed to avoid misreading and some are optional, depending on what the writer wants to achieve
• Capitalisation and punctuation creates clarity, sense, and stress in sentences. They are used to to structure and organise writing. The different punctuation rules are

1. Period/full stop.
2. Comma (,)
3. Exclamation mark (!)
4. Question mark (?)
5. Colon (:)
6. Semicolon (;)
7. Quotation mark("', '')
8. Apostrophe(')
9. Hyphen and the dash( -)
10. Parentheses and brackets (), {}, []

Capitalisation rules

1. Capitalise the first word in sentence
2. Capitalise all proper nouns
3. Capitalise the pronoun I
4. Capitalise the 1st, last and all the main words in the title of books, songs, movies, newspaper, magazine
5. Capitalise initials/abbreviations

Period/Full Stop

It is used for many purposes, the most frequent use of it is to mark the end of a declaratory sentence. A full stop is the standard punctuation to use after/between several abbreviated words and phrases.

Comma

A comma denotes a small break in the sentence. There are several rules in the usage of comma

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