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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
Headline.
Do you capitalize the phrase south region of Florida?
No. In this situation, the word southern refers to a geographical region, not the name of a specific location. A capital is only required if the word is part of an actual name.
Do you capitalize new year's resolution in a sentence?
New and Year should be capitalized but resolution should not.
Should law have a capital letter?
At the beginning of a sentence and when it forms part of the proper noun.
Example:
Harvard Law School
When can you use Annual capitalized?
At the beginning of a sentence and when it forms part of the proper noun.
Example:
IBM Annual Report
Does the trinity need to be capitalized?
It depends completely on the context, when referring to any random group of three, then no. However, when referring to God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, I believe it should be capitalized. It seems to be grammatically correct, even if it's not, it's good to show respect and clears up any misconception on what you're referring to.
What is the punctuation mark in English grammar called an ellipse?
An ellipse looks like three dots or periods: ...
Do you capitalize the word chief of police in the middle of a sentence?
No it should only be capitalized if it precedes a name.
When proofreading do you capitalize dean's list and president's list?
Yes they should be capitalized.
Russian is a proper noun therefore it should always be capitalized.
person or jewel
you do not capitilize it if it's an adjective or the color.
What is the most commonly used punctuation mark?
Ellipses are space, period, space, period, space, period, space . . .
Should windy city be capitalized?
If Windy City is a
name of the city the
n it should be capitalized but if wi
ndy is used to describe the city the
n it should
not be capitalized because it is
not a proper
nou
n.
Examples:
I live i
n Dewey Boulevard, Wi
ndy City.
Wear thick clothes because we're going to the wi
ndy city.
Do you capitalize presidential house?
At the beginning of a sentence because it is
n
ot a proper
n
ou
n. However, if it is used as a part of a proper
nou
n, the
n it it is capitalized.
Example:
The Presidential Electoral Votes
When is influenza capitalized?
At the beginning of the sentence and when it forms part of the proper noun or when used in the title.
Example:
Global Influenza Programme
What do you capitalize in the title of painting with oils?
Just the P in painting.
Painting with oils
Do you capitalize the word territories?
No, except at the beginning of a sentence because it is
n
ot a proper
n
ou
n.
