Tag: punctuation

We use an exclamation mark to indicate an exclamatory clause or expression in writing. ‘Yay’ is a commonly used exclamation that indicates excitement. Therefore it should be followed by an exclamation mark. Whereas ‘We are going on a picnic.’ is the next sentence, therefore it should not be followed by an exclamation mark. Hence option A is correct while option B is incorrect. Since ‘We are going on a picnic.’ is a separate sentence, the first letter of the sentence needs to be capitalized. Hence ‘we’ is not the right form of starting a sentence. Thus option C is incorrect. In addition to this, it is a declarative sentence; hence we cannot use a question mark at of it. Therefore option D is incorrect.

While punctuating a sentence it is important to capitalize the first letter of the sentence. Thus ‘When’ would be the correct way of starting the sentence. Similarly, common nouns such as ‘bell’, articles such as ‘the’, and verbs such as ‘will’ and ‘ring’ should not be capitalized when they appear in the middle of a sentence. Therefore option A is correct, whereas options B and C are incorrect. A comma is used to indicate the separation of ideas or elements. In the given sentence if we add a comma before ‘rings’ it would make the sentence incomplete, as ‘ring’ is the verb that accompanies ‘bell’. Thus option D is incorrect.

While punctuating a sentence it is important to capitalize the first letter in a sentence. So 'How' is the right way to start the sentence. The given sentence is an exclamatory sentence, wherein the surprise is conveyed through the sentence. We use an exclamation mark to indicate an exclamatory clause or expression in writing. Thus option A is correct. Whereas a question mark is used to denote that what is said is a question. Since the given sentence is an exclamatory sentence and not a question option D is incorrect. A comma is used to indicate the separation of ideas or elements. The given sentence doesn’t contain multiple ideas or elements, therefore, a comma is not necessary. The sentence as the whole functions as an exclamation, therefore we shouldn’t place a comma in front of ‘the climate’ or the verb ‘is’, since it would be illogical. In addition to that, option C doesn’t have an exclamation mark which is unsuitable. Thus options B and C are incorrect. 

While punctuating a sentence it is important to capitalize the proper nouns such as the name of a person, place or organization and the titles used to address people such “Mr.”, “Ms.” etc. Hence in the given sentence, ‘Mr.” the first letters of “Vidyapati” and “Sridhar” have to be in uppercase. Thus option A is incorrect. Similarly, the words that occur in the middle of a sentence should all be in lowercase, except when it is a proper noun. Therefore the first letter of “transferred” should not be in uppercase since it is a verb and not a proper noun. Hence option B is incorrect. Further, a comma is used to indicate the separation of ideas or elements and to differentiate the different parts of a sentence, to avoid confusion while reading. In the given sentence a comma has to be placed after ‘Sridhar’ and before the main verb “has been transferred” to set off the words that are not essential for the meaning of the sentence, from the subject and verb clause. Thus option D is correct whereas option C is incorrect.