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punctuation the following.
that night when the old man was for asleep in bed the dog appeared to him and after thanking him for all his kmilness said cause pine tree under which i am buried to be cut down and made into a mortar and use it thinking of if as it were myself​

Answer 1

Answer:

That night when the old man was for asleep in bed. The dog appeared to him and after thanking him for all his kmilness. Said cause pine tree under which I am buried to be cut down and made into a mortar and use it thinking of if as it were myself.

Answer 2

Required Answer :

That night, when the good old man was fast asleep in bed, the dog appeared to him, and, after thanking him for all his kindness, said, “Cause the pine-tree, under which, I am buried, to be cut down and made into a mortar, and use it, thinking of it as if it were myself.”

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• What are punctuation?

Ans)) Punctuation is the art of using the proper marks, stops or points in the correct places in the composition.

The following are the principal stops:

1. Full stop (.)
2. Comma (,)
3. Semicolon (;)
4. Colon (:)
5. Note of Interrogation (?)
6. Note of exclamation (!)
7. Inverted Commas or quotation marks (" ")

Full Stop :

At the end of a statement or Imperative sentence; as;

• He is a gentleman.
• Speak Gently.

After abbreviation and initials;

• M.A. = Master of Arts
• Feb. = February

Comma :

It is the shortest pause between words.

1)) To mark off nouns, pronouns or phrases in apposition; as;

• Mohan, the carpenter, is present.