PPT-Capitalization of Personal Names, Nicknames, Animals’ Nam

From the UWF Writing Labs 101 Grammar MiniLessons Series MiniLesson 24 Capitalize personal names nicknames and epithets Examples Honest Abe Michael Air Jordan Ms Smarty Pants. RULES OF THUMB FOR FAULTY CAPITALIZATION, ITALICIZATION, . HYPHENATION, AND QUOTATION . TECHNIQUE. . From . Real Good Grammar, Too. . by Mamie Webb Hixon. . 1. Created by April Turner. Revised by Mamie Webb Hixon. When should we use a capital letter?. The first words of a sentence.. Writing is so time consuming.. The pronoun “I”. Man, am I tired of seeing this mistake.. Proper nouns (the names of specific people, places, organizations and sometimes things). Capitalize all proper nouns and all proper adjectives. A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place, thing, or idea. A proper adjective is an adjective formed from a proper noun. . Proper Noun: Canada, Abraham Lincoln. Capitalization. Capitalize proper nouns and words derived from them; do not capitalize common nouns.. Months, holidays, and days of the week are treated as proper nouns. Names of school subjects are capitalized only if they are names of languages. Names of particular courses are capitalized.. The 16 animals names are listed at the bottom of the page. BLACK BEARHAMSTERHEDGEHOGTURTLE Capitalization. To . capitalize . means to begin a word with a capital letter. . Rule . 1-Capitalize the first word. of every sentence.. T. his . assignment is due early next week.. Rule 2. -The first word of a direct quotation is capitalized if the quotation is a complete. & Punctuating Titles. Proper Nouns / Names. Proper Nouns . Names . Walmart. Target. John Deere . Mike. John. Alejandro. Proper Adjectives. What’s that you ask? Well here is one example let me ask you a question, What type of food do you want for dinner?. Usage & Mechanics. Capitalization. What words do you capitalize? Write down all that you know.. Capitalization. The pronoun “I”. Proper nouns and adjectives. School subjects, holidays, days of the week, months, geographical names. From the. UWF Writing Lab’s 101 . Grammar Mini-Lessons Series. Mini-Lesson #24. Capitalize personal names, nicknames, and epithets. . Examples:. Honest Abe, Michael “Air” Jordan, Ms. Smarty Pants. FIRST WORDS. . All. students attend advisory either before or after lunch.. . Early. dismissal due to the heat will be determined on a weekly basis.. . Students. are expected to be in the classroom when the tardy bell rings.. ZOO ANIMALS. 1. Rattle snake. 2.Turtle. 3.lions. 4.tiger . 5.cheetah. Animal spotlight 1. Animal name : Jelly fish, Shark. We will care for it by feeding it every day. Also it eats fish food and it need one spoon. Where we will get it from is the ocean. It will be $7 each. And nobody feeds the fish excepted us.. HYPHENATION, AND QUOTATION . TECHNIQUE. . From . Real Good Grammar, Too. . by Mamie Webb Hixon. . 1. Created by April Turner. Revised by Mamie Webb Hixon. June 30,2010. To capitalize or not to . . .. From the. UWF Writing Lab’s 101 . Grammar Mini-Lessons Series. Mini-Lesson #24. Capitalize personal names, nicknames, and epithets. . Examples:. Honest Abe, Michael “Air” Jordan, Ms. Smarty Pants. Capitalize Specific Brand Names. But not the product itself. Example: . K. odak . f. ilm. Capitalize brand names commonly used to refer to product itself.. Examples:. Kleenex brand tissues. Velcro brand hook and loop fasteners.