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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.
Two sentences: The sea calmed. No boats left shore.
You must first decide on the right connecting word, which are often and, but, therefore, yet. You use the context of each sentence to choose the correct connecting word. For example, these two sentences have a contradiction: sea calmed... yet still no boats left. But is the easiest connector when there is a contradiction.
Make sure you change capitalization on the second sentence, then insert a comma and the connecting word.
Compound sentence examples:
The sea calmed, but no boats left shore.
The sea calmed, yet, no boats left shore.
If the first half read, "The seas were still not calm", then it makes sense that no boats left shore-- there is no contradiction. Here you could use the word so--
The seas were still not calm, so no boats left the shore.
Does punctuation matter to the compiler?
Definitely! Some compilers and languages are more forgiving but all computer languages that I know of care about punctuation.
For example:
in Javascript it is ok to not have a semicolon at the end of a line but in Java it is required. So the following is ok in Javascript but not in Java:
a = 5
but Javascript still cares about punctuation, so the following would be invalid:
a = 5!
Of course it would be possible to create a programming language which ignored all punctuation (so ",!a; = :5?" would mean the same as "a = 5") but why would you want to?
Venice is known through out the world for its' canals or it's canals?
Venice is known throughout the world for itscanals. Possessive pronouns, e.g. its, theirs, hers, etc, do not have apostrophes. It's is short for it is.
When do you capitalize siblings?
You only capitalize when you are using their actual names. So if you had two brothers and one sister you would write:
"I have three siblings, Marco, Katerina and Jack."
What is the correct punctuation of andor?
It is and/or, with a slash.
The generally accepted way to separate 'and' and 'or' is with a forward slash (also known as a virgule) with no spaces.
yes
When a quotation appears within a quotation what the punctuation marks?
The inner quotation is treated just like the outer quotation in terms of capitalization, commas etc., but the quotation marks are single rather than double.
e.g. She replied, "He only exclaimed, 'I don't like you anymore!' and walked away."
Before both quotations, the inner and the outer, there is a comma. The punctuation completing each quotation is still within the appropriate quotation marks - the exclamation point at the end of the internal exclamation is inside the internal quotations. However, the quotation marks for the inner quotation are single (like apostrophes - ' ) instead of double (as usual - " ).
When do you capitalize the word capital?
It should be capitalized when it forms part of a title or is at the beginning of a sentence.
How would you punctuate this sentence please Hi im new here Lets be friends?
The use of the period, exclamation point, or question marks cannot be absolutely determined, but there are two likely versions.
"Hi, I'm new here! Let's be friends!"
...or (less enthusiastically) :
"Hi, I'm new here. Let's be friends?"
What are the 4 punctuation marks?
uhm.. well there is the exclamation mark.. !. the question mark.. ?. the period . and the comma... , and the semi colon (spelling??) ... ; .
Does the contraction could've exist?
Yes. It is a contraction of the words should and have. Many people incorrectly write this as "should of".
In a sentence is there a comma after recently?
Well that would depend upon how you used the word "recently", wouldn't it? A comma separates individual thoughts or phrases in the same sentence.:
"Recently, stock prices have started to rise."
The subject here is recent times, separte from the cghange in stock prices.
"Stock prices recently rose sharply."
The subject here is the price of stocks, recently is an adverb the tells us when they rose.
Are days of the week capitalized?
Yes all days of the week are capitalized. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Do you capitalize is in a title?
well usually you dont but some people do so do rock paper sissorces and see what u get
Another answer:
Depending on the style guide you're using, you may be required to capitalize every word in a title; only words three characters or longer and so forth.
If the word 'is' begins the title or ends it, it should be capitalized.
A simple time activated switch is an example of a control that does not use?
i don't know but i think you may be refering to NATE and that's what im trying to do also. I just wish they had the answers with the pre test examples
