0
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
At the beginning of a sentence and when it forms part of the proper noun or when it is used as a direct address.
Example:
Referee George
Don't call foul, Referee!
Yes, because it's part of the title of the team.
The correct capitalization is: Mrs. Hernandes played a haunting Spanish melody on the guitar at the summer festival.
Should you capitalize the word staffroom?
At thebeginning of a sentence a
nd whe
n it forms part of the proper
nou
n.
Examples:
Linguistic Staff & Co.
Are titles of essays underlined in essays?
Titles of articles are placed in quotes, because they appear in a longer publication, and the title of the journal in which they appear is italicized or underlined. Titles of books usually underlined or italicized.
Should you capitalize types of slavery?
No, not usually but if you write how it's used in the sentence I will know definitely whether or not it should be capitalized.
Can also be used in the beginning of a sentence?
Basically, any word can be used in the beginning of a sentence.
Should gasoline and carbon dioxide be capitalized in a sentence?
" When a car is driven the gasoline it burns as fuel release carbon dioxide into atmosphere" as stated in your question is properly capitalized.
If the same sentence were properly punctuated, and used all the correct wording, it would read like this:
"When a car is driven, the gasoline it burns as fuel releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere."Do you capitalize the word geography in a sentence?
Not usually. 'Geography' is not a proper noun, but of course it follows the standard capitalization rules.
Should newsletter be capitalized?
This is actually a dependent situation. Are you using newsletter asa descriptive, or a title? If used as part of a title, it naturally would be capitalized. Example:The Daily NewsletterIf you are using it as a descriptive, it would not be capitalized, just as you would not capitalize newspaper when typing it in a sentence. Example I wonder if the school would print a newsletter?
Yes.Uncle is a commo
n
nou
n but i
n this case it is used as a title a
nd it precedes a perso
n's
name so it should be capitalized.
It should be U
ncle Joe.
Should the word college or university be capitalized in a sentence?
Capitalize "University" when using it in a title or to refer to a specific institution in running text, but lowercase "university" when using it in a general sense.
University of Texas
We're headed to the University of Ohio.
I began teaching at the University this semester.
I work in a university.
I'm a teacher at a university.
Should Founders be capitalized?
It depends on the situation. If it's used as the name of a company or person, then it should be capitalized. But if you're just saying something like "the founders of this company are..." then it shouldn't be.
Like the above contributor said, it depends. No, not in most cases. For example, in the sentence "The founders of Denver, Colorado lived over a century ago," the word "founders" is not capitalized, it is an improper noun. IF it is a person's last name, the name of a place, or any other form of proper noun, then yes, do capitalize it. Of course, if it is at the beginning of any sentence, capitalize it.
Should the word Christian always be capitalized?
That depends on the use and context:
- He is a christian - is usually not capitalized.
- He is a member of the First Christian Church - is always capitalized.
- His name is Christian - is always capitalized.
- etc.
In this sentence, Venus should be capitalized.
When should a job title be capitalized?
It depends on the brand name. For example, adidas, at&t, intel, and citi all have lowercase brand names. In the case of a lowercase brand name, it is acceptable to write the first letter upper or lower case.
What punctuation does an imperative sentence use?
It really depends on its length and complexity, but a typical imperative sentence might only require a single punctuation mark -- the exclamation mark - right at the end. Take, for instance, this statement:
"I told you to get up and get dressed."
As a command, you would write: "Get up and get dressed!"
You might also add "Now!" afterwards.
An imperative sentence might be made up of a single verb, for instance:
"Fire!"
"Run!"
"Stop!"
"Shout!"
"Listen!"
Is the word deacon capitalized?
The word, "deacon" is only capitalized if it is a part of naming someone, as in, "I was able to talk with Deacon Sweeney the other day."
"There are 12 deacons in my church" is an example of not capitalizing it.
Should primary school be capitalized?
It is capitalized at the beginning of the sentence or when it forms part of the proper noun.
Examples:
It is the normal school for girls.
Mary studies at Philippine Normal College.
