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Full Stop
Use a full stop

i. at the end of a statement.
e.g., He answered your call. You must call back.
ii. in abbreviations.
e.g., ‘Feb.’ , ‘e.g.’ , ‘p.m.’
iii. in internet based e-mail addresses.
e.g., www.yahoo.com

Comma
Use a Comma

i. to separate words in a list. But never use a comma when you end your
list with ‘and...’

e.g., I read Dickens, Hardy, Trilling, and Chekov.
ii. to separate phases or clauses.
e.g., If you work hard, you are sure to win.
iii. before and after a phrase or a clause that gives additional, non-essential
information about the noun it describes.
e.g. The Abids shopping area, which is very expensive, is beautiful at
night, what with its neon lights.
iv. to separate an introductory word or phrase or an adverbial phrase defin-
ing the word sentence.
e.g., As it happens, however, I have never met the president.
v. to separate a tag question.
e.g., She works sincerely, doesn’t she?

vi. before a short quotation.
Shakespeare wrote, ‘Frailty, thy name is woman’.

Colon

Use a colon
i. to introduce a list of items.

We have four possibilities: win-win, win-lose, lose-win, and lose-lose.

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