CAPITALIZATION The word “I” The first letter of the word that starts a sentence Proper nouns: special names of persons, places, companies, book titles or movie titles etc. Months, Days and Holidays. In the December this year Christmas will be on Saturday. Important Titles e.g. Mr. , Ms., Mrs., Dr. Professor PUNCTUATION Full stops or periods come at the end of a complete idea (a sentence). Exclamation marks come at the end of sentences that show strong emotions (e.g. excitement or anger). Don’t run in the house! Question marks come at the end of sentences that ask things (questions). E.g. Who is she? Why did you go there? Do you like swimming? Commas separate items in a list e.g. Marissa bought dresses, shoes, purses and sunglasses at the mall. Commas separate introductory words or phrases from the rest of the sentence. E.g. Yes, I will attend your party. Having shopped all day, we were exhausted. Commas separate the parenthetical elements. This is fancy way of saying words that just give additional information to the sentence but if it is removed the sentence will still make sense. Eg. Jerry, the best employee at the store, was given an award for his hard work. The sentence will still make sense like this: Jerry was given an award for his hard work. Or like this: The best employee at the store was given an award for his hard work. Quotation or Speech Marks indicate when someone is speaking. They can also be used to show a special title (book title, song title or movie title). Eg. “Jack is coming to the park with us later,” Martin said. I was listening to “Watermelon Sugar” by Harry Styles yesterday. Colons are use to introduce a list, quotations or explanations in a sentence. It is also used when telling time. E.g. Olivia bought the following items: a ball, a bat and helmet. On the Christmas Card Keisha wrote: “I wish you a Merry Christmas!” I went to sleep at 10:30 last night. Apostrophes are used to show ownership or in the place of letters in contractions. Eg. That is Kevin’s dog. Do not changes to don’t.
