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Communication Skills-II

notes Colon: A punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a quotation, an explanation, an
example, or a series and often after the salutation of a business letter.
Comma: A punctuation mark (,) used to indicate a separation of ideas or of elements within the
structure of a sentence.
Full Stop: A period indicating the end of a sentence.

Inverted Comma: A quotation mark.
Punctuation: The use of standard marks and signs in writing and printing to separate words into
sentences, clauses, and phrases in order to clarify meaning.

Semi-colon: A mark of punctuation (;) used to connect independent clauses and indicating a
closer relationship between the clauses than a period does.

11.5 review Questions

1. Discuss the rules for use of capitalization in English.
2. Re-write the following paragraph keeping rules of capitalization in mind:

there were many Whales swimming in the Ocean a long time ago. then they were hunted
and killed by native american tribes. they used the whale for Food, Oil, and other items.
seventy years ago, they were told to stop killing them because the number of Whales was
so small.
now the native americans were told that they could start hunting them again. the problem
was that other people did not want the Whales to be killed. they told the native americans
that the Whales should be left alone. Many people were upset.
3. Re-write the following paragraph keeping the rules of capitalization in mind:

Many people think that if you could only afford one kind of Insurance, you should buy
Health Insurance. If you can afford only a small amount of Health Insurance, it is best
to insure yourself against the big unexpected costs and pay the smaller common bills
yourself.
There are different kinds of Insurance you can get. hospital expense Insurance will pay
for any costs you get while having to be in a Hospital. surgical expense insurance will pay
for the doctor to operate on you. Regular Medical insurance will pay for any Non-Surgical
treatment. Disability income insurance will help pay for living expenses if you are sick and
cannot work.
4. Describe the relevance of using punctuation marks in a sentence.

5. In what cases, you should not use commas in a sentence? Give suitable examples.
6. Why do we use colons and semi-colons? Give examples of explain your answer.
7. There are some words which can be hyphenated or they can be written without hyphenating.
Substantiate

8. Punctuate following paragraph:
stanley is now confiding in meg. he wants to share how badly he had been treated by them.
he was appointed to play in another concert nothing has a name. when he went to play the
hall was closed the place was shuttered up. it did not even have a caretaker. they wanted
to subjugated stanley they wanted to bring him under a yoke. he is bitter about the whole
thing we would settle his score with them if only he knew who they were. he can gather
that information he can take a tip he tells jack but we are not told who that jack is.

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