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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
Does the c in Creation need to be capitalized?
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, when "Creation" refers "The bringing into existence of the world or the universe; the beginning of the world as an event from which time can be thought to begin," it is written "Freq. with the and capital initial." Therefore, capitalization is not strictly necessary.
On a scientific name do you capitalize the second word?
No. Use italics if possible or underline and capitalize the genus (first word) but not the second (species). E.g. Alces alces
Taste evasion is essentially avoiding eating certain things because of the way it tastes. If a person does not like coconut they will avoid anything with coconut in it since it has such a distinct taste.
Do television series need to be underlined when writtne about?
Television shows should be written in quotes, not underlined.
Closings for an i hate you letter?
If you hate someone so much, I suppose Good-bye would do as a closing! However, writing a hate filled letter is rarely necessary. You might want to write it, but don't share it. Just get it out, then, rip up the letter.
Do you capitalize years such as nineteen ninety five?
No. it's not necessary.
It is more appropriate to write the year in numeral than to spell it out.
Example:
1995
It should be--- The American public are quick to blame minorities for crimes in the US. The reason for this, is because of the media.
What is a sentence for indicate?
The vomiting was accompanied by a fever, but not diarrhea, which may indicate that I had a stomach flu instead of food poisoning.
Nearly half of the wedding guests did not indicate their choice for dinner on the RSVP, so we had to call each one personally and ask them what they wanted to eat.
A old person indicated the time for a woman when she asked.
He will indicate when he wants to stop.
I did not indicate whether they should use pen or pencil.
The answers to the test would indicate that the students had studied.
Can you make a sentence using the word propensity?
Example:
Marlon has the propensity to drink too much.
Is this sentence correctly capitalized you believe the State is in error?
It should be--- You believe the state is in error.
No, except at the beginning of a sentence because it is
n
ot a proper
n
ou
n.
No. it's not necessary to put a period after a question mark.
Do you capitalize under in a title?
It shouldn't be capitalized because it is a preposition but if it is the first of last word of the title, then it should be capitalized.
Example:
Under the Sea
The word explicit is often used in the sense of sexually explicit.
Do you capitalize forward in a title?
Yes. All words are capitalized in a title except the prepositio
ns, co
nju
nctio
ns a
nd articles.
Example:
Movi
ng Forward
Does the p in pilgrim be capitalized in the midle of the sentence?
No, u
nless it is used as part of the proper
nou
n.
Example:
Do you want to read the book, The Pilgrims' Progress?
Ton as a unit of measure should not be capitalized. It should be capitalized only at the beginning of the sentence.
Ph.D.
Since it traditionally stands for "Doctor of Philosophy", both the "Ph" and the "D" should have a period following them, according to AP, American Psychological Association and many other style manuals.
PhD
The Chicago Manual of Style adopts dropping the periods in academic degrees as their standard.
