Punctuation Marks:
Note. 1
Blue Mark for Capital letters.
Black Pointer for Punctuation Marks.
Blue Pointer or Ballpoint for normal writing.
Note. 2
Reported Speech: "I'm not selling anything."
Reporting Speech: Mr. Steward said.
Writer's line: It was getting dark.
Note. 3
First Person; I, my, me, we, our, us
Second Person: You, your, you
Third Person: he, she, it, they, Name
Combination of Present and Past Tense in Punctuation
Punctuation Marks:
Capital Letter: Norma Mr. Steward The package P.M Lenox Hill Hospital
He removed his hat and Norma opened the door.
Full Stop [.] It was just getting dark.
Comma[,]
Norma picked it up, unlocked the door, and went into the apartment.
She sat in the living room, looking out the window.
“I think you’d better leave," Arthur said, standing.
a nicer apartment, nicer furniture, nicer clothes, a car.
“Norma, no.” His face was white.
Double Inverted comma[“ ”]
“It won’t take long to explain,” replied Mr. Steward. “May I come in?”
Single Inverted comma[‘]
Mr. Steward shook his head. “I’m not.”
Hyphen[-]
_ a cube-shaped carton, a push-button, paper scotch-taped
Dash[__] __ a cube-shaped carton
“Oh, the __ Arthur pointed toward the living room and smiled.
Sign of Interrogation[?] Mr. Steward asked, “May I come in?”
Apostrophe[‘s] Mr. Steward’s tone had been offensive.
Colon[:] She pulled it off: “Mr. Steward will call on you at 8:00 P.M”
Semi-colon[;] It wasn’t her voice shrieking so; it couldn’t be.
Single of Exclamation[!]
“What average people would do under such circumstances!”
"See that, Jess!" he shouted.
“You said I wouldn’t know the one that died!”
"What a nice suit!"
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