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PUNCTUATION AND SPELLING By: Salma & Jagga
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THE APOSTROPHE In the singular (just one) the apostrophe comes before the ‘s’ : that lady’s hat (one lady) In the plural (more than one) the apostrophe goes after the ‘s’ : those ladies’ hats (the hats of those ladies) Be careful, however, with plurals that do not end in ‘s’ men women children
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HYPHENS Hyphens are used when joining two or more words to make another word: Short-term poverty-stricken Often hyphenated words drop the hyphens and become single words: multi-story multistory
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CAPITAL LETTERS These are used: To begin sentences: They said they were leaving For the first word in the speech: They said, ‘We’re leaving now.’ For initials: BBC MTV UNESCO For God and anything of His or to do with Him For days of the week and months of the year
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