English and Technology: Capitalization and Punctuation

Review of Capitalization

Capitalize proper nouns (names of particular persons, places, and things). Some examples include the following:
- Words referring to deity
- Specific places such as continents or cities
- Calendar Items
- Brand names

Capitalize words derived from proper nouns such as abbreviations or proper adjectives

Review of Punctuation

Commas
- Between two independent clause when joined by a conjunction
- When words have been omitted such as in a list or when two or more like adjectives are describing a noun
- To separate nonessential elements from the rest of the sentence
- To set off a modifying phrase at the beginning of the sentence or when it interrupts the sentence
- After the day, the date, and year
- After the street, the city, and the zip code of an address
- The greeting and salutation of a business letter
Quotes
- Around a direct quote
- Around the title of a small work such as a short story or poem
Apostrophes
- Form possessives
  - With an 's if singular
  - With an ' if plural and ending in s
  - With an 's if plural and not ending in s
- Form contractions
- Make letters and numbers plural
Hyphens
- Numbers between twenty and a hundred
- When dividing a word at the end of the line
- Compound adjectives before a noun
- Fractions used as adjectives
- Prefixes before a proper noun or adjective
- With prefixes all-, ex-, self-, and with suffix -elect
Italics or Underlining
- Titles of larger works, ships, etc.
- Words, letters, and numbers referred to as such
- foreign words and phrases that are not accepted as English
Dashes
- Lists at the beginning or interrupting the sentence
- Interrupted or faltering speech
Parentheses
- Confidential or confirmatory information
- Information that is important but takes away from the meaning of the sentences so it is minimized with parentheses

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