Punctuations are special marks that you add to your writing to separate phrases and sentences , to show that something is a question , etc.
There are many Punctuation marks , and here , I am going –by Allah’s willing – to explain them .
So , here we go:
Capital letter
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Usage:
– For the first letter of a sentence.
Fishing is popular in Britain
– For countries , nationalities , languages , religions , names of people , places , events , organizations , trademarks , days , months , titles.
Africa , Moslem , John , Jaguar , Sunday , Mr.
– For titles of books , films , etc.
Silence of the lambs
– For abbreviations.
OPEC , WWF
Full stop / period
.
Usage:
– At the end of a sentence.
I’m going for a walk.
– Sometimes after an abbreviation.
Dr.Ahmed P.S.
– As the decimal point in figures and amounts of money . This is usually read out as ‘point’.
million
– to separate parts of email and web addresses . This is read out as ‘dot’ .
Question mark
?
usage:
– After a direct question.
What is your name?
– To show doubt.
He was born in 1980? well , I’m not sure.
Exclamation mark
Usage:
– At the end of a sentence in order to show surprise/shock , etc.
I can’t believe it
– To indicate a loud sound .
Bam
Comma
,
Usage:
– Between items in a list.
I need new shirt , pants , and a cap.
– to show a pause in a long sentence .
They didn’t want to eat before I’d arrived , but I was an hour late.
**P.S : using comma is necessary when you write a time clauses , but clauses , although clauses …. etc . We might talk about this later In sha’a Allah-
– When you want to add extra information.
Ahmed , who I told you about before , will visit us tonight.
– Before tag question.
You do love me , don’t you?
Apostrophe
‘
Usage:
– For missing letters .
I’ll *I will* , don’t *Do not
– For possessives.
Ahmed’s car
*P.S : it’s can only be an abbreviation for it is or it has . There is no apostrophe in the possessive form its.
Colon
:
Usage:
– To introduce a list or a quotation in a sentence .
You need the following: paint , brushes and water
– In the greeting in a letter.
Dear Customer:
Semi-colon
;
Usage:
– To separate two parts of a sentence.
I spoke to him on Monday ; he can’t come to the meeting .
Hyphen
–
Usage:
– To join two words together .
Blue-black
– To show that a word has been divided and continues on the next line.
I used to visit my friend eve-
ry day.
Dash
_
Usage:
– To separate parts of sentences.
The man _ the one with black hair _ staring at me.
– To mean to.
The Riyadh _ Dammam train is too slow.
Inverted commas
" " or ‘ ‘
Usage:
– To show that words are spoken.
‘ Let’s go’ he said.
Thank you very much for reading Sorry for any grammar or spelling mistakes
Abu Faris
اقتباس:
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little girl
thank you ريوووون
تسلم يا غالي
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Welcome
الله يسلمك ويغليك أختي
منوره القسم
thanks man. i could teach this stuff to my students.
اقتباس:
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معلم بسيط
thanks man. i could teach this stuff to my students.
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Welcome brother
I hope the interest of all students
ــــــــي ماكنت متوقـــع إجاباتكــم شكــــرا ألــــــــــــــف شكر على مروركم وأبشرووووو adjectives وغيرهااااااااااااا
هههه
