Tag: punctuation

Option B is the correct answer as the proper noun, 'Italy' is correctly capitalized; 'Northern' is capitalized because we capitalize directions when they refer to specific regions. The sentence also ends with a full stop. 

NOTE: 'What are you saying!' is incorrect as we do not use an exclamation mark at the end of an interrogatory sentence.

The correct answer is Option C.

Option A - A simple sentence can never end without a punctuation mark. Thus option A is incorrect.

The correct answer is Option D.

Firstly, the first letter of a sentence should always be capitalized. Secondly, the given sentence is an interrogative sentence; hence we need to add a question mark at the end of it. A full stop is used in a declarative sentence and not an interrogative sentence. Thus option B is correct, while options A and C are incorrect. Further, a proper noun is always capitalized. In the given sentence, ‘Andaman’ is a proper noun, therefore, it needs to be capitalized. Similarly, the word ‘island’ when accompanied by a proper noun such as ‘Andaman’ would also be capitalized as they function as a unit together. Thus ‘Andaman Islands’ is the correct form of using the words. Therefore option D is incorrect.

While punctuating a sentence it is important to capitalize the proper nouns such as the name of a person, place or organization. It is a common rule that the initials and the first letter of a person’s name should always be capitalized. Also, one needs to separate the individual letters in the initials with a full stop, to highlight the different letters. Therefore ‘J.R.D. Tata’ would be the correct way of writing. Since options, B and D fail to capitalize the initials and the first letter of the name they are incorrect. Similarly, adjectives in a sentence are not capitalized unless they figure as the first word of a sentence or denote a title that a person possesses, for example, “Honourable Chief Minister”. Therefore the capitalizing of the ‘g’ in ‘Great’ would be wrong. Hence option C is incorrect whereas option A is correct.

We use an exclamation mark to indicate an exclamatory clause or expression in writing. ‘Wow’ is a commonly used exclamation that indicates surprise. Therefore it should be followed by an exclamation mark. Similarly, ‘What an expression she had’ is another sentence that indicates exclamation, therefore the first letter of the sentence needs to be capitalized and it needs to be followed by an exclamation mark, at the end. Hence option C is correct. A full stop is used in a declarative sentence and not in an exclamatory sentence. Hence options B and D are incorrect. Similarly, a question mark is used to punctuate an interrogative sentence that demands an answer and not an exclamatory sentence that indicates surprise. Thus option A is incorrect.