CAPITAL LETTER 1. for first letter of a sentence Fishing is popular in Indonesia. 2. for countries, nationalities, languages, religions, names of people, places, events, organizations, trademarks, days, months, titles Portugal, Africa, Russian, Moslem, Joanne, John, Dubai, Geneva, the World Trade Fair, Jaguar, the Internet, Sunday, February, Mr. / Mrs. / Ms. / Dr. / Professor. 3. or titles of books, films, etc Silence of the Lambs 4. for abbreviations PSSI, GPMB, PON Full stop (UK)/period (US) (.) 1. at the end of a sentence I’m going for a walk. 2. sometimes after an abbreviation Marton Rd. / Mrs. White / Dr. Evans 3. as the decimal point in figures and amounts of money. This is usually read out as ‘point’ Rp 3.5 juta 4. to separate parts of email and web addresses. This is read out as ‘dot’ http://orangb390.org (http://orangb390[dot]org) Question mark (?) 1. after a direct question What’s your name? 2. to show doubt Sidney Morgan (1898? – 1972) was little known until after his death. Exclamation mark (!) 1. at the end of a sentence in order to show surprise/shock, etc. I can’t believe it! Ouch! Yes! 2. to indicate a loud sound Kaboom! Boom! Comma (,) 1. between items in a list I need peas, butter, sugar and eggs. 2. to show a pause in a long sentence They didn’t want to eat before I’d arrived, but I was an hour late. 3. when you want to add extra information Lucy, who I told you about before, will be coming. 4. before tag questions You do love me, don’t you? Apostrophe (') 1. for missing letters I’ll (I will), it’s (it is), don’t (do not) 2. for possessives Noah’s bike Note: 1. words ending in ‘s’ don’t need another ‘s’ added James’ house 2. it’s can only be an abbreviation for it is or it has. There is no apostrophe in the possessive form. It’s raining. Paris never loses its charm. Colon (:) 1. to introduce a list or a quotation in a sentence You need the following: paint, brushes, water, cloths. 2. in the US following the greeting in a business letter Dear OrangBego: Semi-colon (;) 1. to separate two parts of a sentence I spoke to Elvina on Monday; she can’t come to the meeting tomorrow.
