grammar test review Flashcards
rule for capitalizing course titles
specific course title, or a language
rule for capitalizing sun, earth, and moon
only capitalize if the words are in a list of planets, and if the word the is not before it
rule for titles of a person
direct address, name after it
rule for family names
direct address, before a persons name as long as there isnt a possessive before it
what is capitalized in a work title
first word, last, and all important words
two one word pronouns that are always capitalized
I, and O
capitalization of poetry
first letter of ever stanza
“B.C?” or “B.C.?”
B.C.?
whats one time you can use a semicolon in a sentence
when theres already comas, or items in a series
when would you use a colon
list at the end that formally introduced, or quotation
when can you use a colon to separate two independent clauses
when the second clause describes the first clause
what do you use to break up faltering speech
dash
what do you use after pre or self
hyphen
separate parenthetical elements that contain internal punctuations
dash
used in quotations where the writer as added something to the quotations that was no there
brackets
commas and periods go where in closing quotations
inside
what goes outside closing quotation marks
colons and semicolons
what mark of punctuations can go either inside or outside the quoted matter
question mark and exclamation mark