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    Always Use A Capital Letter For

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    The document provides guidelines for proper capitalization, punctuation, and grammar usage in writing. It lists rules for capitalizing the first word of a sentence, names, titles, and other proper nouns. It also covers using quotation marks, periods, question marks, exclamation points, commas, apostrophes, colons, semicolons, brackets, and parentheses in sentences. The document offers examples for when to use each type of punctuation and capitalization correctly.

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    Always Use A Capital Letter For

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    The document provides guidelines for proper capitalization, punctuation, and grammar usage in writing. It lists rules for capitalizing the first word of a sentence, names, titles, and other proper nouns. It also covers using quotation marks, periods, question marks, exclamation points, commas, apostrophes, colons, semicolons, brackets, and parentheses in sentences. The document offers examples for when to use each type of punctuation and capitalization correctly.

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    The document provides guidelines for proper capitalization, punctuation, and grammar usage in writing. It lists rules for capitalizing the first word of a sentence, names, titles, and other proper nouns. It also covers using quotation marks, periods, question marks, exclamation points, commas, apostrophes, colons, semicolons, brackets, and parentheses in sentences. The document offers examples for when to use each type of punctuation and capitalization correctly.

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    Always Use A Capital Letter For

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    1.

    Capital Letters

    Always use a capital letter for…

     the first word of a sentence

    Ex. Thank you for the letter.

     the first word in a quotation

    Ex. She said, “Today is beautiful.”

     the greeting and closing in a letter

    Ex. Dear John Sincerely, Sherry

     the names of days, months, and holidays

    Ex. Thursday, November, Thanksgiving

     people’s first and last names, their initials, and their titles

    Ex. Mrs. Smith and Phil were seen by Dr. Lee

     the word that names yourself - I

    Ex. My friend and I love horses.

     the names of streets, cities, and states

    Ex. Palm Avenue Mesa, Arizona

     the names of specific buildings and monuments

    Ex. Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building

     the titles of stories, movies, TV shows, video games, etc.

    Ex. Night at the Museum, Star Wars

    2. Quotation Marks
    Use quotation marks…
     before and after words that are spoken by someone
    Ex. “I love to read chapter books,” said Sharon.
     around words that are being discussed or emphasized
    Ex. A man-made lake is called a “reservoir.”
     newspaper articles, titles of poems, songs, short stories, etc
    Ex. “Hot and Cold” by Katie Perry
    End Punctuation

    Use a period, a question mark, or an exclamation point…

     period – when you end a statement

    Ex. I like cookies.

     question mark – when you ask a question

    Ex. Do you like cookies?

     exclamation point – when you have an excited or emotionally charged statement

    Ex. I absolutely love cookies!

    3. Commas

    Always use a comma to separate…

     a city and a state

    Ex. Miami, Florida Mesa, Arizona

     the date from the year

    Ex. December 25, 2009 April 15, 2010

     the greeting and closing of a letter

    Ex. Dear Jane, Sincerely,

     two adjectives that talk about the same noun

    Ex. Shawn is a clever, smart boy.

    Use a comma to show a pause…

     between three or more items in a series

    Ex. Jim likes pizza, spaghetti, and lasagna.

     between the words spoken by someone and the rest of the sentence

    Ex. “I know,” answered Mary.

     after a short introductory phrase

    Ex. After all that candy, nobody was hungry for cake.

    4. Apostrophes

    Add an apostrophe…

     when there is one owner, add an apostrophe first, and then add an S

    Ex. The cat’s dish is empty.


     when there is more than one owner, add an S first and then an apostrophe

    Ex. All of the cats’ dishes were empty.

     when you put two words together to make a contraction

    Ex. Now he’s on the table.

    Colons

    Add a colon…

     after the salutation of a business letter


    Ex. Dear Ms. Matthews:
     between numerals indicating time
    Ex. Meet me at the park at 12:35.
     to introduce a list
    Ex. Please bring the following items to class: pencil, paper, eraser, and folder.

    5. The Semicolon
     Semicolons can be used in English to join phrases and sentences that are thematically
    linked without having to use a conjunction

    Ex. I like your brother; he's a good friend.


     Semicolons can also be used instead of commas to separate the items in a list when the
    items themselves already contain commas

    Ex. Many great leaders, Churchill, leader of Britain during the Second World War; Alexander,
    the great Emperor and general; and Napolean…

    Brackets and Parentheses

    we use square brackets - [ ] - for special purposes


     to add clarification:
    Ex. The witness said: "He [the policeman] hit me."
     to add information:
    Ex. The two teams in the finals of the first FIFA Football World Cup were both from
    South America [Uruguay and Argentina].
     to add missing words:
    Ex. It is [a] good question.
     to add editorial or authorial comment:
    Ex. They will not be present [my emphasis].
    Round brackets - ( ) - are used in a similar way to commas
    Ex. The government's education report (April 2005) shows that the level of literacy is
    rising in nearly all areas.
    Ex. I visited Kathmandu (which was full of tourists) on my way to the Himalayas for a
    trekking expedition.

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