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Using Capitals
                 We know that every sentence starts with a capital letter. Do you know where else in a sentence a capital letter should be
                 used? Remembering the term ‘MINTS’ helps with capitalisation. MINTS is a basic set of principles for proper capitalisation.
                 Each letter in the word MINTS represents one capitalisation rule.

                                                             Capitalise your
                                                               M.I.N.T.S.


                                                 M.   Months and Days
                                                      My birthday is on Monday, October 21st.
                                                  I.  Letter I (by itself)
                                                      If I go to the store, I buy ice cream.
                                                      Names (of people and places)
                                                  N. Carrie, who is from Kardas, would love to
                                                      go to Italy.
                                                  T.  Titles (of movies, songs, and books)
                                                      I love the movie Up.
                                                      Start of Sentences
                                                  S.  Capitalising is easy when you remember
                                                      M.I.N.T.S.


                 Punctuation
                 Punctuation marks, such as full stops and commas, help separate elements of a sentence and express its meaning.
                 Punctuation, like capitalisation, plays a crucial role in sentences and follows specific rules. Here are some frequently
                 utilized punctuation marks:
                                   .                     ?                     ,                     !
                                Full Stop          Question Mark            Comma             Exclamation Mark



                            Shows the end of a      Shows that a        Join two or more        Show strong
                                sentence          question is being    ideas in a sentence   emphasis or strong
                                                       asked            or separates items        emotion
                                                                           in a series

                                ˵ ˶                      :                     ;                     '
                             Quotation Mark            Colon               Semi Colon           Apostrophe


                             Shows that word        Introduce the        Connected two          Used to show
                            have been directly     information that    complete sentences     possession or for
                                 quoted             comes after it       that are related    contraction of word


                                  -                      /                    ...                   ( )
                                 Hyphen                 Slash                Ellipsis           Parentheses



                             Form compound        Used to separate         Shows that         Used to add extra
                                 words            letters, numbers or    something has         information in a
                                                       words           been removed from          sentence
                                                                           a sentence




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