Capitalization and Punctuation

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DEDICATION This piece of work is dedicated to all those I have crossed paths with, dead or alive. Contents [A] CAPITALIZATION [I] Proper Nouns and Proper Adjectives • Names and Titles of Persons • Family Relationships • The Pronoun I • Religious Names and Terms [ii] Geographical Names • Directions and Sections [iii] Organizations, History and Time • Organizations and Institutions • Events, Documents, Periods of Time • Months, Days, Holidays [iv] Languages, Peoples, transportation, and Abbreviations • Languages Races, Nationalities, religions • Ships, trains, Aircraft, Automobiles • Abbreviations [v] First Words • Sentences • Poetry • Quotations • Outlines • Letters • Titles [B] PUNTUATION [i] End Marks • The Period, Question Mark, Exclamation Point • Other Uses of the Period [ii] Commas that separate Ideas • Commas in Compound Sentences • Commas in series [iii] Commas that set off special Elements • After Introductory elements • With Interrupters • With Nouns of direct Address • With Appositives [iv] Other uses of the Comma • Quotations, Dates, Letters • Commas to Prevent Misreading [v] The semicolon and Colon [vi] The Hyphen and the Apostrophe • Possessives and Contractions [vii] Quotation marks • Direct Quotations • Quotations marks with other Punctuation • Quotation marks in dialogue • Quotation marks in Titles PART ONE CAPITALIZATION AND PUNCTUATION Drivers obey road signs in order to prevent serious accidents. These signs alert drivers when to stop, slow down and so on. Punctuation marks are like road signs for the reader. They tell readers when to stop or pause, when to read with questioning tone or read with excitement. Incorrect punctuation

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