What is a social title and when do you abbreviate it? Give an example.
Mistress/Mrs., Mister/Mr., Doctor/Dr.
Abbreviated before a name.
1 of the greatest civil rights activists was m.l.k.junior.
Correct the sentence.
One of the greatest civil rights activists was M.L. King Jr.
1. Fear God and keep his commandments.
2. Give me liberty, or give me death!
3. Whom have I in heaven but thee?
4. Oh my God, Ethan!
Imperative sentence
Interrogative sentence
Exclamatory sentence
Where do you use a semicolon in this sentence? Explain.
Sean is learning to fly therefore he has no use of his legs.
After fly, before the transitional word
Robert Frost once said In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
Robert Frost once said,"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
Abby Hornsby is a registered nurse. Abbreviate her degree correctly with proper punctuation.
Abby Hornsby, R.N.
What are 5 kinds of particular places that must be capitalized? Give Examples.
Continents
Countries
Sections of the Country
States/Cities
Islands
Bodies of Water
Streets & Highways
Mountains
Parks.
Does this sentence require a comma? Explain.
He is faithful and guides my steps.
They are two simple sentences with a two part word and need no comma.
What rule does this follow?
A man becomes a Christians; he is not born one.
Combine to simple sentences with semicolon instead of a comma and conjunction.
Correct this sentence:
We are what we repeatedly do said Aristotle. excellence then is not an act but a habit.
"We are what we repeatedly do," said Aristotle."Excellence then is not an act but a habit."
The Rev. Nicholas Copernicus is going to tea at 12pm noon on 9th Ave.
Rewrite the sentence so that it is correct.
The Reverend Nicolas Copernicus is going to tea at noon on Ninth Avenue.
The boy scouts drove a chrysler to the national cherry festival.
Capitalize the sentence.
The Boy Scouts drove a Chrysler to the National Cherry Festival.
Use single commas to separate how many items in a series?
Write a sentence showcasing this rule.
3; answers will vary
Place a semicolon/colon where needed in these sentences:
From the store, please bring the following butter, milk, eggs, bread, and sugar.
In our car, we can take Kevin, Gavin, and Mason, and Isaiah can take Austin and Evan.
From the store, please bring the following: butter, milk, eggs, bread, and sugar.
In our fcar, we can take Kevin, Gavin, and Mason; and Isaiah can take Austin and Evan.
Commas and periods always go ________ the closing quotation marks.
Semicolons and Colons always go ________ the closing quotation marks.
Inside
Outside
Rewrite this sentence correctly:
Over 2,000 years ago in four hundred eighty Before Christ, Leonidas led 300 Spartans against Xerxes.
Over 2,000 years ago in 480 B.C., Leonidas led three-hundred Spartans against Xerxes.
Correct the Capitalization
The poem "i wandered lonely as a cloud" by william wordsworth begins like this:
i wondered lonely as a cloud
that floats on high o'er vales and hills...
The poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth begins like this:
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills...
But he was a tightfisted hand at the grindstone Scrooge! A squeezing grasping scraping clutching covetous old sinner!
But he was a tightfisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner!
Which ones need to be italicized?
1. Twelfth Night is the best comedy by William Shakespeare.
2. Frederick Remington's bronze sculpture Cheyenne represents American life in the Far West.
3. In Star Trek, the crew takes The Voyager to "go where no man has gone before".
4. My father in law prefers to read the Miami Herald instead of his local newspaper.
1. Twelfth Night is the best comedy by William Shakespeare.
2. Frederick Remington's bronze sculpture Cheyenne represents American life in the Far West.
3. In Star Trek, the crew takes The Voyager to "go where no man has gone before".
4. My father in law prefers to read the Miami Herald instead of his local newspaper.
What is the difference between these two sentences?Where do the quotations go?
Who said, It's called a cruel irony like my dependence on you?
Titus said, Why, there they are both, baked in that pie; Whereof their mother daintily hath fed, Eating the flesh that she herself hath bred.
Who said, "It's called a cruel irony like my dependence on you"?
Titus said, "Why, there they are both, baked in that pie; Whereof their mother daintily hath fed, Eating the flesh that she herself hath bred."
Becca & Emily went to help hand out 36 pamphlets for the school play at 4:00 o'clock pm.
Becca and Emily went to help hand out thirty-six pamphlets for the school play at 4:00 pm.
nasa's kennedy spacce center at cape canaveral is frequently visited by foreign dignitaries.
NASA's Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral is frequently visited by foreign dignitaries.
Correct these sentences:
While cooking your sister wants you to help her with her homework.
Mount Vernon the home of George Washington is located in Virginia.
Joseph Henry an American Physicist became famous for his discoveries in electromagnetism.
Comma after cooking to avoid misreading.
Commas around non-essential elements
Commas for appositive phrases.
Which hyphens are correct/in-correct? Explain why.
1. st-ar
2. Se-agull
3. Fifty-second Street
4. One Quarter
(Bonus: Incorrect)
1. star
2. sea-gull
3. Correct
4. Hyphenate fractions
Put correct quotations around this quote:
Who said I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country asked Terri
"Who said, 'I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country'?" asked Terri