Grammar Punctuation, Capitalization, and Run- on Sentences.
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Grammar
Punctuation, Capitalization, and Run-on Sentences
Capitalization: People
Names of people Ex.) Joanna, Matty
Professional people Doctor (Dr.) Stevens, Professor James
Capitalize family relationships only when they are used as part of a person’s title Ex.) Aunt Claire, Tío Angelo
Names of political, racial, social, national, civic, and athletic groups Ex.) Native-Americans, Democrats, Chicago White Sox
Places, Languages, and Races
Always capitalize cities, countries, street names, schools, cyber places and landmarks. Ex.) Chicago, France, 55th Street, Hernandez Middle School,
Google, Sears Tower Languages
Ex.) Italian, Spanish, English, French Race/Ethnicity
Ex.) Asian, Black, White/Chinese, French, Mexican
Date (ex. Tuesday December 15, 2015) Month (ex. January) Day (Tuesday) Important/historical events (World War I) Holidays (Christmas)
Dates, Events, Holidays
Always capitalize the titles of articles, books, magazines, songs, albums, television shows, plays, etc. Ex.) “Is Technology Killing Our Friendships?”
Always capitalize famous brands or products Ex.) Nike, Pepsi, Air Jordan
Titles of Works/Famous Products
First Words and “I”
First word of a sentence should be capitalized.
When quoting something from an article, you need to capitalize the first word in the quote.
The word “I” should always be capitalized.
The dog chewed on its bone.
In the article, it states, “Obesity in American has increased 10% each year since 2005.”
My mom, my brother, and I went to the Philippines
Quotation mark (“”): used to show dialogue or to show that the idea is not your own work.
Quoting words that are not your ownEx.) The newspaper states, “A suburban school in Chicago will start school at 9:00AM.”DialogueEx.) Sarah screamed, “You broke my phone!!!” She cried many tears in front of her friend.
Punctuation: Quotation Mark
You use commas when…
Connecting two complete sentences with a conjunctionEx.) She went to the party, but I did not.
Note: For, And, Neither/Nor, But, Or, Yet, and So are conjuctions
Separating items into listsEx.)I know how to speak French, Italian, and Portuguese.
Marking the start of dialogue or quoteJamie told his sister, “Please leave my computer alone.”The article believes, “Not all social media is bad.”
Punctuation: Comma
Period (.): used to end a complete idea, thought, or statement that are in the form of sentences. Ex.) On the weekends, people like to spend
time with family or to do their housework. Can be used to shorten and correct run-on
sentences.
Punctuation: Period
Run-on sentence: two or more sentences that are joined together without a conjunction (and, but, so, for, or, neither/nor, yet)or proper punctuation.
You can separate run-on sentences with conjunctions or punctuation marks.
Run-on Sentence
Using a period Incorrect: I like to watch TV I like to play ball I
like to eat. Correct:
Using a conjunction Incorrect: I like to watch TV I like to play ball I
like to eat. Correct:
Separating Run-on Sentences
You have to INDENT for each new paragraph. If you need to, put a SPACE between the
paragraphs. Do not make your paper into one huge
paragraph.
Quick word on paragraph form