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Punctuation and Capitalization
"This audio is about punctuation and capitalization." Punctuation:
The punctuation marks that signal the end of a sentence are the period, the question mark, and the exclamation mark.
Period: . used to end a sentence that makes a statement or command (Declarative & Imperative sentences)
Question Mark: ? used to end a sentence that is asking a question (Interrogative sentence)
Exclamation Mark: ! used to end a sentence that expresses very strong feeling (Exclamatory sentence)
Capitalization:
You must capitalize the beginning of a sentence, the word I, and all proper nouns.
Examples:
Punctuation:
Declarative Sentence: I walked the dog.
Imperative Sentence: Do your homework.
Interrogative Sentence: Have you seen my book?
Exclamatory Sentence: We won!
Capitalization:
Sarah and I went to Publix to get some groceries.
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Punctuation
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