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    1.4.1. Using Capital Letters

                We all know that every sentence starts with a capital letter. MINTS is a simple set of rules that assist you in correctly
                capitalising words as shown below:

                                                                                       N-Names
                                      M-Months              I-the letter 'I'
                                                                                 (people, places, things)
                                     My favourite          Deepa and I are
                                                                                 Rachna is going to Agra
                                   month is August.         best friends.
                                                                                  to see the Taj Mahal.

                                                    T-Titles           S-Start of Sentences
                                               My favourite book       We are going to see
                                               is Vampire Diaries           a movie.

                1.4.2. Using Punctuation

                In English, there are 15 primary punctuation symbols or signs. Full stop or period, comma, question mark, exclamation
                mark, apostrophe, colon, semicolon, Em Dash, hyphen, parenthesis, quotation mark, bracket, brace, ellipsis, and bullet
                point are examples of punctuation.

                                       Comma,                   Full Stop.
                                 Jack is a clever, healthy   Prof. Sharma teaches    Quotation Mark" "
                                         dog.                Design Thinking.       She said, "I am tired."

                                    Question Mark?             Apostrophe'
                                                                                        Exclamation!
                                   What is your roll        This is my teacher's
                                                                                    Alas! I lost my wallet!
                                       number?                    book.

                1.4.3. Basic Parts of Speech

                Parts of speech are the various types of words that humans use in sentences. Nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, and
                adverbs are the basic parts of speech. Let us understand these.
                 Part of Speech  Definition           Purpose                Example        Sentence
                                 A word that names a
                                                                                            The monkey ran up the tree.
                 Noun            person, place, thing,   Person, place, or thing  Agra, monkey
                                                                                            I am going to Agra.
                                 or idea.
                                 A word that shows
                                                                                            The boy was crying.
                 Verb            action or a state of   action/doing words   ran, crying
                                                                                            The cat ran after the mouse.
                                 being.
                                 A word that describes
                                                                                            He was driving a red car.
                 Adjective       or modifies a noun or  describes a noun     Red, long
                                                                                            I have long hair.
                                 pronoun.
                                 A word that modifies   describes the verb,                 The airplane was flying above
                 Adverb          a verb, adjective, or   adjective, or another   above, quickly  the clouds.
                                 another adverb.      adverb                                The cat drinks milk quickly.
                                 A word that takes the                                      She is speaking quite gently.
                 Pronoun                              replaces the noun      she, he, it, you
                                 place of a noun.                                           You should brush your teeth.

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