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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
When speaking about the press should press be capitalized?
If press is part of a proper noun, then yes.The Gazette Press publishes a daily newspaper.
Mr. Press ran a printing store.
If not part of a proper noun, then no.
Please press my shirt.
I had to press the doorbell ten times before the man answered the door.
Do you capitalize senior and junior in a name?
It depends on how it is being used, but in most times no, it will not be capitalized.
If you're using the word to distinguish between a father and son of the same name, then you capitalise it, For example:
John Smith Senior
John Smith Junior
Should attorney at law be capitalized?
Yes, when it is used as a title or it precedes a perso
n's
name or whe
n it is used as a direct address.
Examples:
The legal docume
nts are with Atty. Ri
no.
Have you received the papers, Attor
ney?
A sentence using the word avoidable?
I can give you several sentences.
- Her avoidance of hard work kept her from getting a raise.
- I noticed your avoidance of the snake.
- Avoidance of a bully can be the best course of action.
Should the word spirit always be capitalized?
Mass in reference to a church service should always be capitalized because it is a proper noun. The Mass has the same construct wherever it is performed which makes it a unique entity similar perhaps to a play such as Les Miserables which would also be capitalized.
When mass is used in the lower case it is meant as a reference to a quantity, often a large quantity.
What are three dots used in a sentence called?
Ellipsis (plural ellipses; from the Greek: λλειψις, élleipsis, "omission" or "falling short") is a series of marks that usually indicate an intentional omission of a word, sentence or whole section from the original text being quoted. An ellipsis can also be used to indicate an unfinished thought or, at the end of a sentence, a trailing off into silence, (aposiopesis).
ellipsis or ellipse (plurals ‐pses), the omission from a sentence of a word or words that would be required for complete clarity but which can usually be understood from the context. A common form of compression both in everyday speech and in poetry (e.g. Shakespeare, 'I will [go] to Ireland'), it is used with notable frequency by T. S. Eliot and other poets of modernism. The sequence of three dots (…) employed to indicate the omission of some matter in a text is also known as an ellipsis.
adjective: elliptical or elliptic.
Read more: ellipsis
Do you capitalize The New York Times Newspapaer?
It is capitalized at the beginning of the sentence or when it forms part of the proper noun.
Example:
The Nation's Newspaper
How do you punctuate cities and states in a sentence?
Whenever a sentence requires commas that would make the series commas seem redundant or confusing the correct punctuation is the semi-colon, e.g., Portland, Birmingham, and Washington can be written using the series comma but if the Portland needed to be specified as to the state and the Birmingham is in England and the Washington was not the District of Columbia, then it would look like this: Portland, Oregon; Birmingham, England; and Washington North Carolina.
When do you capitalize a name of a flower in a sentence?
If you are referring to it being the state tree/bird/flower then yes. Ordinarily they wouldn't be capitalized.
If you are referring to Allies of World War II then it should be capitalized. Otherwise, it doesn't require capitalization.
Do you capitalize the word mother?
You onlycapitalize mother when you can replace the word with a name, and it still makes sense. Example: My mother said to do the laundry My Mary said to do the laundry (wrong) Mother told me to do the laundry Mary told me to do the laundry (right)
What are The 14 puntuation marks?
14 p
unctuatio
n marks i
n E
nglish grammar
:
1. Period ( . )
2. Ellipses (...)
3. Comma ( , )
4. Semicolo
n ( ; )
5. Apostrophe ( ' )
6. Dash ( --- )
7. Hype
n ( - )
8-9. Quotatio
n Marks (" " ) a
nd ( ' ')
10. Italics
Example: Ca
n you spellwo
nder?
11. Pare
ntheses ( )
12. Brackets [ ]
13. Colo
n ( : )
14. Slash ( / )
Does dad have a capital letter?
You capitalize "Dad" if dad is used as a proper noun, "Dad, are we going to the ballgame?" However, dad is lowercase when used as a simple noun or as an example of dads in general, as in "My dad and I are going to the ballgame." The same is true of "Mom is the greatest!" or "her mom bakes cakes."
Do you capitalize the word Realtor?
The spelling "realty" is the term used for real estate marketing and services.
The similar word "reality" refers to physical actuality, or TV shows using non-professional actors often in situations that approximate real-life activities.
The parenthetical thought can be set off by "em dashes" (long dashes) for which hyphens have to suffice here (they may or may not have spaces):
One day, my dad and his brother - stop me if you've heard this story - started out on what they thought would be an uneventful drive to work.
Should you capitalize registered nurse in a sentence?
If rn is part of the proper name then capitalize. If saying that someone is an rn then no.
Not Quite..."RN" should always be caps, whether it's used as a suffix attached to a nurse's name or as a noun in a declaratory sentence -- "Jerry is an RN." However, if you expand it to say, "Jerry is a registered nurse," the caps are not necessary.When is the word cathedral capitalized?
It should be capitalized only at the beginning of the sentence and when it forms part of the proper noun.
Example:
She will attend a wedding at the Manila Cathedral.
Manila Cathedral is one of the oldest churches in the Philippines.
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:
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n Miguel Corporatio
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Should you capitalize each word in an email subject?
Yes!!! Be it an email, memo, note, letter, or epistle, grammatically all sentences start with a capital letter, also use a capital letter for a person's name, or a place name.
e.g. On Tuesday next, Joe is going to New York.
Note the use of capital letters in the sentence.
Writing ' on tuesday next, joe is going to new york', is not grammatically correct and does not look right, and may convey an incorrect meaning.
Where does a possessive apostrophe in the word playmate go?
The possessive is the standard form - playmate's - and the possessive of the plural can use only the apostrophe - playmates' - in accordance with standard usage.
Should springbreak be capitalized?
No, except at the beginning of a sentence because it is
n
ot a proper
n
ou
n.
Should soldier be capitalized?
The word "soldier" should follow the capitalization rules for common nouns: capitalize it in titles ("Tomb of the Unknown Soldier"), when used as a title ("Soldier Jenkins") or at the beginning of a sentence.
