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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
The correct capitalization and punctuation is:
Without any warning the volcano called Mt. Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 70 and buried Pompeii?
What is proper noun in this sentence---it wanted to bite on hal nose?
Hal is the proper noun in that sentence and needs to be capitalize. It should be Hal's nose, as well.
The adverb "close by" is often seen as two words, and only one or two dictionary entries list it in a hyphenated form. In all cases, it means "nearby".
Can you list all the words you don't capitalize in a title?
All words apart from conjunctions, prepositions and articles should be capitalized.
The first and last word should be capitalized regardless of whether it falls into one of the above categories.
Should you capitalize tobacco?
Unless it is the first word in a sentence, then you don't need to capitalize "tobacco."
Should batman be capitalized in a sentence?
Yes it should be, if you mean the DC comics/film character. If you mean the serviceman acting as a personal servant to a senior officer, then no.
Do you have to capitalize faith?
Faith is not a proper noun. If someone is named Faith, then it is capitalized.
Do you have to capitalize the m in marsupial?
No, you don't have to capitalize the "m" in "marsupial" unless it is the start of a sentence, or maybe used as a heading in a table.
Should the word nephew be capitalized?
No, it is a common noun. If is is the name of a town or hotel etc then it would be capitalised eg
Welcome to the Nephew Hotel.
Generally, no, but if it's part of a proper name, then yes, it will be capitalized.
Correct punctuation for What shall we do Fred asked Tim?
"What shall we do, Fred ? " asked Tim. ( If Tim is talking to Fred.)
"What shall we do? " Fred asked Tim. (If Fred is talking to Tim.)
If you are referring to a Licensed Practical Nurse, then you do capitalize
Do you write emu with a capital letter?
'Emu' (when it refers to the bird) is a common noun and therefore should not be capitalized either in the singular or the plural, except, of course as the first word in a sentence.
If 'Emu' is used as an epithet for 'an Australian' (or a particular kind of Australian or as the name of a particular group or team associated with Australia), it becomes a proper noun and so should be capitalized.
Examples:
"The Emus scored a significant victory over the Wallabies"
"Rod Hull and Emu were a popular comedy act in Britain in the '70s"
"The emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) is the largest bird native to Australia" (Wikipedia is wrong in the way that it capitalizes the word!)
It RAINS for the whole weekend so the fish were safe for another week is not grammatically correct. Rains is present tense; were safe is past tense.
Correct: It rained for the whole weekend so the fish were safe for another week.
