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WRITING SKILLS
Writing skill is an important part of communication. It is an ability to express your ideas or thoughts. A good writing skill
uses perfect words to express the accurate meaning of the message with more clarity. For this, a good command over
a language plays a very important role. Let us study about various aspects which are important for having writing skills.
Capitalisation
Capitalisation means writing the first alphabet of a word in uppercase. In English grammar, we cannot decide on our
own to write anything in capital. We follow the rules of capitalisation whenever we write anything. It gives emphasis
on certain words used at different places. Some of the basic rules of capitalisation which we all should remember in
our basic writing skills are listed below:
• Beginning of a sentence: It is marked by capitalising the first letter Capitalise your
in a sentence. For example: M.I.N.T.S.
w My computer class is very interesting. M. Months and Days
w We are going for a movie today. My birthday is on Monday, October 21st.
• Proper Nouns: Capitalise the first letter of a proper noun like I. Letter I (by itself)
If I go to the store, I buy ice cream.
name of a person, place or an organisation. For example: Names (of people and places)
w New Delhi is the capital of India. N. Carrie, who is from Kardas, would love to
w My friend Rohit loves to play cricket. go to Italy.
• Days of week, months, and holidays: Always remember to T. Titles (of movies, songs, and books)
capitalise the first letter of days of week like Sunday, Monday, etc., I love the movie Up.
months like June, August, etc., and holidays/festivals like Republic Start of Sentences
Day, Diwali, etc., but not the seasons like winter, spring, summer, S. Capitalising is easy when you remember
etc. Let us look at an example: M.I.N.T.S.
w Every year Republic Day is celebrated in India on 26 January.
• The Pronoun "I": Pronoun "I" is a reference to yourself and should always be capitalised. For example:
w Reema and I are going for a picnic.
w I love to read books before I go to sleep.
• Directions: The directions like North, South, etc. are written in capital only when they are referred to as locations.
For example:
w I am heading towards South.
• Titles that appear before names: The titles like President, Principal, Mr., Captain, etc. that appear before names are
written with the first letter in capital. For example:
w Mr. Singh is a good man.
w President Peter gave a wonderful speech.
Punctuation Marks
These are the symbols used to help the reader understand the proper meaning of a sentence and where to pause or
stop. Let us learn about some of the punctuation marks in detail.
There are 14 punctuation marks in English Grammar.
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