In addition to closing sentences, we also use full stops in initials for personal names:įull stops are also used after abbreviations, although this practice is becoming less common: They are performing Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony.
The Straits Times is a daily English language newspaper in Singapore. ‘ Oliver’ is a musical based on the novel ‘ Oliver Twist’ by Charles Dickens. We use capital letters for the titles of books, magazines and newspapers, plays and music: What plans do you have for Chinese New Year? The next meeting of the group will take place on Thursday. They are planning a long holiday in New Zealand. Proper nouns include personal names (including titles before names), nationalities and languages, days of the week and months of the year, public holidays as well as geographical places:ĭr David James is the consultant at Leeds City Hospital. We also use capital letters at the beginning of proper nouns.
The next World Cup will be held in South Africa.
The Football World Cup takes place every four years. We were really surprised that it was so easy to travel on the motorways. We use capital letters to mark the beginning of a sentence and we use full stops to mark the end of a sentence: Punctuation: capital letters (B, D) and full stops (.)
