Capitalization
Correct or Incorrect:
Twenty-First Street
Incorrect:
Twenty-first Street
Correct or Incorrect:
Do not begin a sentence with figures, unless there are other figures later in the sentence.
Incorrect:
Never begin a sentence with a number.
God helps those who help themselves
Declarative
Identify subject and verb:
Common sense is genius in homespun.
Common sense
is
When we arrived in Boston after a long, tiring train ride from Omaha.
fragment
Correct or Incorrect:
felt a North Wind
Incorrect:
felt a north wind
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very little rain falls in the sahara desert the worlds largest desert
Very little rain falls in the Sahara Desert, the world's largest desert.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise
Imperative
Identify subject and verb:
Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass.
manners/words
have brought
To cease to do evil is to practice true repentance.
sentence
Correct or Incorrect:
Capitalize all proper adjectives, even those that have lost their original meaning
Incorrect:
do not capitalize adjectives that have lost their original meaning
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the african jungles receive rain all year and are very wet however the savannahs have both wet and dry seasons
The African jungles receive rain all year and are very wet; however, the savannah's have both wet and dry seasons.
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God
Exclamatory
Identify subject and verb:
I can neither eat for you nor learn for you.
I
can eat/learn
Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy, he sailed, however, under the flag of Spain.
Run-on
Correct or Incorrect:
Well, doctor, do you know what illness I have?
Incorrect:
Doctor
the great rift valley which is 4,000 miles long extends from the middle east down through the african continent
The Great Rift Valley, which is four thousand miles long, extends from the Middle East down through the African continent.
Who is coming to the party tomorrow
Interrogative
Keep God's love in your mind as well as in your heart.
You
Keep
He worked fast, he worked well.
Run-on
Correct or Incorrect:
The Rev. James Harrows
Incorrect:
The Reverend James Harrows
Capitalize/Punctuate/Manuscript:
doctor david livingstone was one of the 1st europeans to explore africa
Dr. David Livingstone was one of the first Europeans to explore Africa.
Here are the flowers for the wedding
Declarative
To every thing there is a season.
season
is
Mr. Mon. the school principal.
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