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apostrophe, heading, dash, comma, capital letter, colon, exclamation point, period, quotation marks, semi-colon, bold, parentheses, italics, abbreviation, question mark, slash, underline

To form a contracted form of the verb, such as "don't", I need to use an apostrophe (').

Each sentence should always begin with a capital letter (K).

When giving a list of objects such as "hat, jacket, scarf and gloves", you need to separate each object by inserting a comma (,)

If you want to show that you are really excited in a sentence use an exclamation point (!)!

It is necessary to use a colon (:) after "http" when typing a URL.

Important information is often highlighted in documents by the use of bold (bold)

Generally, links are underlined (____) on web pages.

Telephone numbers in the United States often have groups of numbers separated by a dash (-).

In other countries, telephone numbers often have groups of numbers separated by a slash (/).

Additional information within a sentence is often surrounded by parentheses ().

Indirect questions end with a period, not with a question mark (?)

The beginning of an article usually has some kind of headingat the top.

When reporting what another person says, the author can use reported speech or direct speech, which is signaled by the use of quotation marks ("...").

Long lists of items are often introduced by the use of a semi-colon (;).

The vast majority of sentences end in a period (.).

Names of books, plays and other artistic creations are often put into italics (italics).

Many common terms used in banking have universally accepted abbreviations (abr.), which save typing time.

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