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Punctuation and Capitalization
Are you hooked on commas? Are you possessive about apostrophes? Do you think hyphens look dashing? This category is for questions related to the use of certain marks to separate words into sentences and clauses and capital letters in writing.
6,363 Questions
Is the industrial age capitalized?
No, except at the beginning of a sentence because it is
n
ot a proper
n
ou
n.
Do you capitalize Downtown in Downtown LA?
Yes, because it is part of thename of Dow
ntow
n Brookly
n.
Should Your Majesty be capitalized?
No, except at the beginning of a sentence because it is
n
ot a proper
n
ou
n. However, if it is used as a part of a proper
nou
n, the
n it it is capitalized.
Example:
British Royal Residences
Does the word Mexican have to be capitalized?
Yes, Mexican is always capitalized because it is a proper
nou
n.
How do you write a sentence with all the punctuation?
A basic sentence is followed by a period. A period is followed by two spaces.
An interrogative sentence is followed by a question mark. A question mark is followed by two spaces.
The same for an exclamatory sentence/exclamation point.
You really need more details.
Do you capitalize the star spangle banner?
Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, threw' the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof threw' the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
What part of 'guess the size of the world's largest pentagon' should be capitalized.?
When it refers to the buildi
ng i
n Virgi
nia, the
n it is capitalized but if it refers to the five sided geometric figure the
n it should
not be capitalized.
Which of the following sentences is missing a comma or commas?
The door was open and the window was broken.
What about Have a great Summer should it be capitalized?
Have should be capitalized if it is the beginning of a sentence.
Summer should not be capitalized.
When writing African safari would you have to capitalize the a in African?
No, because it is
n
ot a proper
n
ou
n.
Should medications be capitalized?
Medications are capitalized if these are bra
nded
names of drugs but ge
neric
names should
not be capitalized.
Examples:
Advil
aspirin
Is the word Brits capitalized?
Just British, not colony. An example:
The United States was originally a collection of British colonies.
What need to be capitalize in this sentence in the hawaiian islands the east wind blows strongly?
It should be--- In the Hawaiian Islands, the east wind blows strongly.
How do you punctuate bosses boss?
- When you are speaking of your bosses boss it would be: Boss's boss. Although U.S. language does not acknowledge the apostrophe Canadians do as the 's means it belongs to the noun. In this case Bosses connected to his boss.
Do you capitalize the direction mid west?
Basically, directions are not capitalized. Capitalize directions when they designate geographical parts of the country, region or city or when used as part of proper names to designate a world division.
Do not capitalize when used to indicate parts of states or provinces.
Examples:
The car headed midwest.
Maurice went to Midwest Australia.
Maurice went to midwest California.
Should you capitalize Fall when describing Fall semester at school?
No. The seasons are not capitalized unless they are included in a title.
based on Fowler's "modern English usage" --
The official grammatical answer is:
When a season-word [ summer, fall ] is used as a noun, its usage makes it a proper noun, that is a "name" for a time period, like "the Bronze Age" is a name used to name a time period. So, in the sentence "I will return to school in the Fall," the season word is the name (by definition all names are proper nouns in English) of that period of time, and so it is capitalized.
But season-words are also used as adjectives. "The summer line of sun dresses." Or, "the winter movie schedule." Since in this situation the season words are not nouns -- they are adjectives which modify nouns -- they cannot be Proper nouns; they are no longer names. And so should not be capitalized.
But the unofficial "what people actually do" answer is:
In typical written English, people are tending to avoid capitalization. Newspapers and publishers prefer things simple as well. So the trend is not to capitalize season words, especially as readers understand the meaning either way. And when usage changes, the official grammatical answer does too -- eventually.
Should personal trainer be capitalized?
No, except at the beginning of a sentence because it is
n
ot a proper
n
ou
n.
Should you capitalize economics in a sentence?
absolutely
No. Economics is an academic discipline, like philosophy, algebra, music and chemistry. As such, it is not generally capitalized. However, when discussing a specific academic course at a learning institution, such as "Economics 101", or "Industrial Economics", it is proper to capitalize.
Correct: Ayn Rand's understanding of economics was naive.
Correct: I'm certain I passed my Economics and Asian Anthropology exams.
Incorrect: I enjoy learning about Economics and Literature.
It is capitalized at the beginning of the sentence or when it forms part of the proper noun.
Example:
National Poinsettia Day
Yes, in the case of referring to the countries characterized by what we call "Third World," then yes, as I understand. But in an arbitrary sentence talking about say, a third planet or something, like "it's almost the same as our world but there's a second and a third world" then no capitalization is needed. Excuse the horrible example.
Where do you place an asterisk?
The most common reason to place an asterisk in a document is to indicate a footnote: a further explanation of a particular piece of the document that would not be in general fitting with the rest of the document (explanations or definitions of obscure terms are common footnotes).
- In the document itself, the asterisk is placed immediately after the item to which the footnote will later expand.
- Then, at the bottom of the pertinent page, and starting with an asterisk, add the footnote explanation.
Asterisks are not the only symbols which indicate footnotes. When two or three footnotes appear in a single page, it is not uncommon to see the dagger (†) and double dagger (‡) along with the asterisk, especially in older documents.
An alternative style of notation is to number references: using a superscripted or bracketed number in place of the asterisk, dagger, etc.
What is the abbreviation for the word established should est be capitalized or not?
It should only be capitalized if it's at the beginning of a sentence.
