|    Punctuation (punc - tu - 
      a - tion)  
       
	  
        
       
		
      
   
      
      
	  
    
       
         1. A period is used at the 
            end of a sentence and after an abbreviation.  | 
       
       
        | English | 
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        | I 
          have a cold. |  
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        | We 
          do not want to purchase the house. |  
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        | U.B.C. - University of British Columbia. |  
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        | N.A.T.O. - North Atlantic Treaty Organization |  
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         2. The question mark is used 
            in setences asking a question.  | 
       
       
        |   | 
          English  | 
          Contraction  | 
       
       
        إنك لا يمكن أن تذهب؟  | 
         
          Can you not go?  | 
         
          Can't you 
          go? | 
       
       
        كيف أنها لا يمكن ان تذهب؟  | 
        How 
          could she not go?  | 
         
          How couldn't she go? | 
       
       
        جون سوف لا جواب سؤالي؟  | 
        Will 
          John not answer my question?  | 
         
          John won't answer my question? | 
       
       
      
        
     
      
      
   
	   
    
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