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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.

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Does earthquake have a capital letter?

No. Only words that are considered proper nouns (eg. someone's name) are preceded by a capital letter. The exception would be if you're referring to a specific, named earthquake.

Proper pronunciation of schedule?

in UK it is pronounced shedule (with no k sound)

in US it is pronounced skedule (with the k sound)

What word in the English language is different when the first letter is capitalized?

The word "polish" changes in meaning when the first letter is capitalized to become "Polish", referring to something or someone from Poland.

My mom and step dad are getting a divorce can he get custody of me or do i have to stay with my alcoholic mom and he was on pills for a while but he quit?

The law might be different where you live but in the UK, you are old enough to decide who you live with but there may be some practical considerations (eg. can he support you? Does he have a house that's big enough?). Is there a child advice line that you know of? They'll be able to give you any relevant information you need. Or is there a teacher at your school you trust? There's no reason for you to remain with your mom if you don't want to. Every situation is different, you really ought to talk to a teacher or school therapist about your feelings, they may be able to speak on your behalf in court... If things are really bad with your mom, you could call a teen help line and they can direct you to local resources in your area...

Which one of the following words should be capitalized weather Drive River Railroad?

All of them should be capitalized if they are at the beginning of a sentence. Drive, River, and Railroad would also be capitalized if they are part of proper nouns such as South Drive, Mississippi River, Edaville Railroad.

What is Colo?

A service with rental charge paid by an individual or a small business for supporting a large website. Not as expensive as paying for all the bandwidth. Look here for more information: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-server-colocation.htm

Explain the concepts of shame and honor in Japanese culture?

Honor is a very important thing in Japanese culture even more so than the Chinese. They'd rather die than surrender (the way of the samurai's or their Bushido) and there is no way to say surrender in Japanese, it just doesn't exist. They would rather seppuku (basically suicide) than bring shame or dishonor their family and suicide is tolerated in Japan and some think it is a way to maintain one's honor.

What are films with word dirty in title?

  • Dirty Dancing
  • Dirty Harry
  • The Dirty Dozen
  • Dirty Mary and Crazy Larry

Do you capitalize the word Cardinal when referring to the bird?

No, the word "cardinal" should not be capitalized when referring to the bird. It is only capitalized when referring to the specific title for certain high-ranking officials in the Roman Catholic Church.

Do you capitalize museum in British museum?

Yes, "British Museum" is capitalized as it is the proper name of the specific museum located in London, England.

Should the word substitute be capitalized?

No it shouldn't be. Only when it is a beginning of a sentence.

Is the word rabbi capitalized in a sentence?

If you are referring to a specific rabbi using a proper noun/title, yes— in the same way you would use “Reverend” or “Father” as a title.

If you are using the word as an improper noun, then no. It is like the words “doctor“ and “professor” in this way.

Examples:

  1. I met Rabbi Goldbloom‘s husband yesterday. Her husband is also a rabbi.

  2. Talk to your rabbi about that issue. My rabbi— whose name is Rabbi Diamond— is of a different sect.

  3. Did you try the gefilte-fish, Rabbi?

Credentials: native American English speaker, and a Jew :)

Do you capitalize 'reverend'?

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What is the origin of the word help?

The word help originates from Old English helpan (verb),help (noun), of Germanic origin, related to Dutch helpen and German helfen.

Do you underline the title of a speech when mentioned in an essay?

Treat the title of a speech in the same way as you would treat the title of a poem. Personally, I'd use single inverted commas for both, but there are alternative conventions.

What are at least half of the 14 punctuation marks in English grammar?

Well, let's see . . .

Period (doublestop)

comma

colon

semicolon

tilde

single quote

double quote

question mark

exclamation mark

apostrophe

hyphen

accent mark

ellipsis

Rats! Only 13.

  1. Period .
  2. Comma ,
  3. Apostrophe '
  4. Colon :
  5. Semicolon ;
  6. Exclamation mark !
  7. Question mark ?
  8. Ellipsis ...
  9. Brackets []
  10. Parenthesis ()
  11. Solidus, of fraction slash
  12. Slash, forward slash, or stroke /
  13. hyphen -
  14. Guillemets << >>
  15. dashes -, --, ---, ----
  16. Quotation marks ' ', " "

14 punctuation marks in English grammar:

1. Period ( . )

2. Ellipses (...)

3. Comma ( , )

4. Semicolon ( ; )

5. Apostrophe ( ' )

6. Dash ( --- )

7. Hypen ( - )

8-9. Quotation Marks (" " ) and ( ' ')

10. Italics Example: Can you spell wonder?

11. Parentheses ( )

12. Brackets [ ]

13. Colon ( : )

14. Slash ( / )

What is two point punctuation?

Using a colon in the salutation and a comma in closing.

Is it important to use proper grammar at work?

It probably depends on where you work. In some work environments, such as one in which you have little contact verbally with others, your grammar might not be an issue to the others. But if you are working in a job in which you would want to make a good impression with your speech, then good grammar would be more important. Of course the attitude of your boss toward grammar would be important too. If he or she thinks proper grammar is important for your job, perhaps you should also. Depending on the kind of work you do it can become important. The more information you have to communicate within the company the more important grammar becomes. It can be a good indicator of how educated you are. The more educated you are the more is expected of you and therefore the better grammar you have to have.

When do you capitalize the word global?

When 'global' appears in a proper name, like the name of a company, it should be capitalized. Global is also capitalized when it appears at the beginning of a sentence.

When writing an essay do you underline the title of a play?

This information is from the APA style writing guide found at the Purdue Online Writing Lab. It states that the title of plays should be italicized.

Titles and Names to Italicize
  • A novel
  • A ship
  • A play
  • A film
  • A painting
  • A sculpture or statue
  • A drawing
  • A CD
  • A TV Series
  • A cartoon series
  • An encyclopedia
  • A magazine
  • A newspaper
  • A pamphlet
Titles to Put Into Quotation Marks
  • Poem
  • Short story
  • A skit
  • A commercial
  • An individual episode in a TV series (like "The Soup Nazi" on Seinfeld)
  • A cartoon episode, like "Trouble With Dogs"
  • A chapter
  • An article
  • A newspaper story