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Communication Skills-II

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Example: Shyam began reciting his story, “Once upon a time…”

full stop after a single Word

Sometimes a single word can also form a sentence. In this case you place a full stop after the word
as you would in any other sentence.

Example: 1. “Goodbye.”
2. “Hello.”
!

Caution This is often the case when the subject is understood as in a greeting or a command
such as “Stop.”

11.2.3 colon (:)

use the colon

1. To introduce a list (often preceded by “the following” or “as follows”)

Example: The following men were nominated for the top honour: Singh, Jain, Basu and
Jha.
2. To separate two main clauses, the second of which explains the first

Example: The purpose of his speech was obvious: he wanted to present a concise outline
of company policy.

11.2.4 semi-colon (;)

use the semi-colon

1. To separate two main clauses not joined by “and”, “but”, “or”, “nor” or “for”

Example: Last year at this time, Mr. Singh was general manager; he is now president.
(period could be substituted for the semi-colon, but the latter is preferable when the clauses are
short and closely related in thought)
2. To separate two main clauses joined by “however”, “therefore”, “moreover”, “consequently”,
` “also”, “furthermore”, “nevertheless”, “then”, “thus”, “likewise”

Example: We thought that Ram would be the new president: however, his brother was
chosen instead.
3. To separate two main clauses when the second is preceded by “for example”, “that is”, or
“namely”

Example: We do not like the attitude of the new manager that is, we resent his air of
superiority.

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