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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
In a paragraph when you say First do you have to put a capital letter after?
No. It's not necessary.
Example:
First, compute for the greatest coefficient.
Does Ms have a period like other abbreviations?
Ms is not an abbreviation, therefore no period.
If anyone feels it is an abbreviation, please state what it is an abbreviation of.
I think I ended the last sentence incorrectly.
When do you capitalize 'east'?
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 east.
Maybelle had been to East China.
Should the word Fall be capitalized?
At the beginning of a sentence and when it forms part of the proper noun.
Examples:
A Saturday's Fall
No Place to Fall
What is the Proper punctuation for salutation sir or madam in a formal letter?
Formal salutations are always followed by a colon. (Dear Sir Only in informatal writing do you use a comma. (Dear Sue,)
When do you capitalize the word architecture?
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Polish polish
Polish: when you are from Poland, you are Polish
polish: like furniture polish or nail polish
Trust me it is Polish and polish because It was a riddle on my test and I wrote those two words down and got it right.
Is the word the before the word Olympics capitalized?
The word Olympics is capitalized, a proper noun, it is the name of a specific sports competition held by the International Olympic Committee.
When the word that comes before the proper noun Olympics is the name of the city in which a specific Olympic competition is held, such as London Olympics 2012 or Sochi Olympics 2014; or a title including the numerical sequence of the specific competition, such as The Twentieth Winter Olympic Games, the word should be capitalized.
The word Olympics is derived from the original ancient Olympics, an athletic competition said to have originated in the eighth century in Olympia Greece, also a proper noun, the name of a city.
However, the word olympic or olympian are sometimes used as common nouns and adjectives for things not related to Olympia or the Olympics, such as an olympic effort or he's a real olympian. These uses should be capitalized but you will often see them in lower case.
How you spelt it in the question:Do the math.m-a-t-h.
What are the 17 punctuation marks?
This has been answered elsewhere. That person thought there were 14; you are both wrong. , comma . period ; semi-colon : colon ? question mark ! exclamation mark ' apostrophe - hyphen -- Dash (that is not what a real dash looks like blame wikianswers) ( open parenthesis ) close parenthesis " double quotation mark ' single quotation mark [ open square bracket ] close square bracket { open brace } close brace < open chevron or angle bracket > close chevron or angle bracket / foreward slash \ back slash solidus (you will not find this on your, or my, keyboard. It looks like a foreward slash only less verticle it is more close to a 45 degree angle) . dot (as found in an abbreviation) ... ellipses That makes 24. You could say more as there are several kinds of dashes (4). Even if you count all opens and closes as one you still have 20.
What are different kinds of punctuations?
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1. Period ( . )
2. Ellipses (...)
3. Comma ( , )
4. Semicolo
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5. Apostrophe ( ' )
6. Dash ( --- )
7. Hype
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10. Italics
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11. Pare
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12. Brackets [ ]
13. Colo
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14. Slash ( / )
Punctuate this sentence - Sample delicious northern and southern cooking?
Capitalize areas of the country, but not directions. My answer would be yes, capitalize it. Capitalization is a sign of respect. If it is wrong on a worksheet you will lose a point (and don't argue because the old school textbook (1985) doesn't capitalize it in the answer key). But if you don't capitalize it in a paper or web site, you could hurt someone's feelings.
Are spaces considered punctuation marks?
Spaces are not 'marks,' but they are nevertheless the most common form of punctuation. The Romans did not put spaces between words, and divided words at the end of a line without using any punctuation mark. A nightmare!
Orig. by Eco13: no
In this usage, no, since it's general. But say the class was a specific course, like Earth Science 101, you would have to capitalize it.
Use of the word italic or italics?
You should use it only for important information. To make it stand out when any information you are typing. It would help you or the person reading itunderstand the important keys in the text.
How do you punctuate historical documents?
Simply capitalize the name (though not prepositions and adjectives, unless they are the first word of the title.)
Examples:
Declaration of Independence
Magna Carta
When do you capitalize the word Bible?
The noun 'Bible' is capitalized as a proper noun as a word for the sacred book of Christianity or Hebrew Scriptures; the name of a specific book. A proper noun is always capitalized.
This convention is not always followed for the sacred writings of other religions when referenced. Thus "The bible of the Hindus is the Bhagavad Gita"
The common noun 'bible' is not capitalized as a word for book, magazine, or column considered authoritative in a specific field. A common noun is capitalized only when it's the first word in a sentence.
Is earth supposed to be capitalized?
Earth, as in we live on the planet Earth, is supposed to be capitalized. Earth, as in the dirt we walk on, is not supposed to be capitalized.
Initial Caps are when you capitalize the first letter of each word.
