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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
It should be--- The first paper asked the question, "Why attend such a conference?" with the answer, "Connections."
When do you capitalize the word college?
When its in a title. Like "Dunant College" (completely made up off the top of my head).
How would you punctuate - witness's answers or witnesses' answers?
Both examples are correct. For ONE witness, you would write "witness's answers" (using the apostrophe AND the 's'). For the plural, MORE THAN ONE witness, it is acceptable to omit the 's' : "witnesses' answers".
Do you capitalize American History in a paper?
It depends. If it is the name of a specific class, then it would be capitalized: American History 101. If it is in sentence that only generally speaks about American history, then only "American" would be capitalized: American history.
When you type a date like January 8 1947 in a sentence do you use a comma after the year too?
The answer to this depends on the rest of the sentence. An easy way to work this out is to imagine a new sentence with 'January 8 1947' replaced by the word 'Monday'. If the new sentence reads better with a comma after Monday, then put one after '1947' in the original. If not, don't.
Mr. can be capitalized whe
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it used as a title or if it precedes a perso
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name or whe
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Examples:
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Why do
n't you go to the office right
now, Mr.?
Do you ever capitalize the word world in mid-sentence?
Yes when it is used as part of proper
nou
n.
Example:
We studied about World War I last Friday.
Do you put another period at the end of a sentence that ends in the word Inc?
An additional period is not necessary at the end of a sentence that ends in the word "inc."
The geographic principle under which particular peoples and particular places concentrate on the production of particular goods is known as local functional specialization.
So many contributors to Answers.com don't use correct punctuation.
Should the word anniversary be capitalized when saying happy anniversary in a sentence?
no. anniversary should never be capitalized! =)
The word university is a common noun so it should not be capitalized. If the word university comes in as a proper name, for example Harvard University, then university should be capitalized as it is part of a proper name.
Yes.
Period after exclamation mark?
No, do not put a period after a exclamation mark, it would make you look stupid!.
What is the antonym for asterisk?
There is none. An antonym is an opposite. "Asterisk" is a thing, not a description, so it has no opposites.
No, except at the beginning of a sentence because it is
n
ot a proper
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n.
A sentence that continues into another without punctuation is called?
These kinds of sentences are called run-on sentences. They contain multiple ideas without the correct punctuation to separate them. These can be easily fixed by inserting punctuation.
Why is a punctuation mark used at the end of a statement?
A punctuation mark is put at the end of a sentence to denote the conclusion of an idea. The punctuation mark used here is mainly a period. However, if you use a question mark at the end of a sentence, then it is used to denote that the material before the question mark was a question. An exclamation mark is used to add emphasis to the before-stated material.
When is it proper to capitalize board member?
It is capitalized at the beginning of the sentence or when it forms part of the proper noun or when it precedes a person's name or when it is used as a direct address.
Examples:
Board Member Andro
We will have a meeting at 3 p.m., Board Member?
Only at the beginning of a sentence ---- And at the beginning of a letter always capitalize dear
