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I'm confused about capitalizing or punctuating the words Yes and No when they appear in sentences such as:

The answer is no.

Please answer yes or no.
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Default Re: yes and no

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I'm confused about capitalizing or punctuating the words Yes and No when they appear in sentences such as:
The answer is no.
Please answer yes or no.
In situations such as exam papers, application forms or questionnaires it would be common the highlight the alternatives in some way - by Capitalisation, italics, bold font, etc.
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Talking Re: yes and no

if you want to emphasize, you should say :
plz answer No!

but the second one should be like the following: answer yes or no.
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