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| Some professional titles are abbreviated some; professional designations are written with out periods, but academic degrees require periods. |
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| Sandra Smith R.N. Cheryl Sheffel, CPA Dr. John Smith Selina received her M.Ed. |
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| State names are spelled out unless in address on an envelope or letter. |
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| Re: in legal letters represent regarding or subject. |
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| Re: Partnership agreement |
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Use an apostrophe to form the posessive
Plural non not ending in s add 's plural noun ending in s ad adnapostrophe after the s. |
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The secretary's desk was not large.
Our sales associates' bonuses were large this year. |
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| Capaitalize the first word of a sentence. |
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| This is an interesting lesson. |
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| Capitalize courtesy titles. |
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| Capitalize the brand names but not the product. |
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| I like Johnson and Johnson shampoo. |
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| Capitalize on ly the first letter of the important words in headings and titles. Conjunctins, articles, and prepositions are not normally capitalized unless they are the first word of the heading or title. Titles of books should be italicized, underlined or keyed in all capital letters. |
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Alice in Wonderland was a success for Lewis Carroll.
Alice in Wonderland was a success for Lewis Carroll.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND was a success for Lewis Carrol. |
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| Nouns that preced numerals are capitalized except in the case of Page, paragraph, line, note, size, and verse. DO NOT capitalize nouns when they follow numerals |
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We will meet in Room 567 ths afternoon.
Don't you wnat to see the five rooms first? |
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| Capitalize the naems of individuals, buildings, organizations, religious groups, nationalities, and races. |
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| Bill Clinton, A Democrat from Arkansas, was President of the United States and lived in the White House. |
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| Capitalize porfessional titles when they immediatlyprecede individual names |
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| Do not capitalize titles following names ecept in an address or signature line. |
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| Marvin Corker, dean of the college will speak tomorrow. |
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| The workd President is always capitalized. |
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| The President will address the students next week. |
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| Capitalize days of the week, months of the year, and holidays. |
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| Sunday, Monday, March, April, May, Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving |
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| Capitalize the proper names of states, motels and hotels, businesses, and cultural or entertainment facilities. |
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| I will visit Idaho and stay at the Idaho Inn while I attend teh Idaho State Fair. |
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| Capitalize proper names of cities, states, rives, mountains, etc. |
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| Mount Waialeale is on Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands |
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| Capitalize compass directions whey they are used to name a particular part of the country. |
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| People in the Southwest don't seem to ahve the Allergies that people in the Southeast do. |
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| Do not capitalize compass directions when they mearly indicate a general location or direction. |
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| Emma lives on the west side of towm. |
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| When keying a legal document, use all capital letters for the names of the parties to a lega agreement. |
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| JOE SMITH is the decedent's husband. |
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| Use a colon to introduce a listing that is not immediatley preceded by a preposition or a verb. |
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| The house has attractive features: a fireplace, great river view, large bedrooms, and five full bathrooms. |
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| Use a comma to set off a dependent clause at the beginning of a sentence from the indpendent clause. |
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| If the package doesn't come this morning, call me. |
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| Use a comma or commas to set off a word that rename words they follow. |
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| My best friend, Maria Smith, moved away several weeks ago. |
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| Use a comma to set off parenthetical words or phrases that are not needed in the senctence |
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| We will, of course, be glad to attend teh concert. |
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| Use a comma to set off the name of a city form the name of the sate and the name of the state from the rest of the sentence. |
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| We often visit Denver, Colorado, during the skiing season. |
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| Use a comma to set off a series of three or more words, phrases, or clauses uness eacha rod, phrase or clause is seperated by a conjunction. be sure to put a comma before the last item in the series. |
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Jeremy, Doug, David, and Mark were chosen to play first string on the basketball team.
Anna and Amy and Amanda are all names that begin with the same letter. |
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| Use a comma to set off introductory works or phrases. |
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| Of course, we will go ahead with our presentation. |
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| Use a comma to separate two independent clauses that are joined by the conjunctions and, but, or, and nor. The comma is placed before the conjunction. |
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| I left the office very quickly, and I must have forgotten my breifcase. |
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| Use a comma to separate two adjectives that are of equal rank and modify the same noun.The word and could be place between these adjective, and thesentence would still read correctly. |
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| The intelligent, beautiful woman was her daughter. He compleated the complicated, lengthy document. |
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| Use a comma to seet of a prepositional phrase of four or more words at the beginning of a sentence. |
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In the first meeting, we elected officers.
In June we will get married. |
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| Use a comma to set off the name of a person you are directly addressing. |
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| Please open the door, Alice. |
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| Use a comma to separate a date from the year and the year form the rest of the sentence. |
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| On April 30, 2014, he will celebrate his twenty-first birthday. |
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| Us e a comma to seperate two unrelated numbers that are beside each other in a sentence. |
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| On May 12, 13 students were absent. |
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| Usea comma to set of a nonrestrictive subordinate clause. |
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| Our new neighbor, sho seems very nice, lived in North Dakota before moving to Idaho. |
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Use the dash before words that summarize the precedingpart of the sentence.
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| Peaches, bananas, and apples-these are my favorite fruits. |
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| Use a dash instead of a comma when enphasizing a repeated thought or statement. |
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| You will need to study-study daily- if you want to be successful in this course. |
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| Use an exclamiation point at the end of a thought expressing strong emotion or a command. |
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| Wow! I won a million dollars! |
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| Use a hypen to join compound adjectives before a noun they modify as a unit. |
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| The well-known author dide last month. |
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| Use a hyphen to sho passage of time, except when used with the words from or between. |
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Boarding time is scheduled for 1:30-2:00 p.m.
Juan lived in Chicago from 1998 to 1999. |
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Spell out house number one and use figures for all others.
Spell out numbers for ten and below used for the names of streets; use figures for numbers above ten used as street names. |
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His new office is located at One Ninth Avenue.
His home is located at 27 East 12th Avenue. |
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| except in formal or legal writing, the day of the month of the yeare are usually written in figures. When the date appears in the body of a letter, the year is customarily omitted if it is the same as that wehich appears on the dateline. It is not necessary to use st,d,or th in dates unless the day is written before or is separated from the month. |
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He turned 50 on January 4, 2011.
She will celebrate her birthday on the 31st of march. |
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| Percentages are written in figures followed by the word percent. The % symbol is used in tables and statistical data. |
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| We need 25 percent of your report next week. |
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| Percentages are written in figures followed by the word percent. The % symbol is used in tables and statistical data. |
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| We need 25 percent of your report next week. |
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| Amounts of money, except in legal documents, are written in figures. Amounts less than one dollar are written in figures with the word cents following. In writting even sums of money, omit the decimal and double zeros. |
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Our check for $49.54 was mailed today.
The customer was charged 50 cents for the gum.
He was charged $5 for the binder he purchased. |
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| use figures for numbers that follow an identifying noun. Use words for numbers that precede the identifying noun unless the unmber is above ten. Use words for numbers that begin a sentence. If the term number precedes a figure, use the abbreviation No. |
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Please read pages 21-35 in your text-workbook.
She opened the 13 letters that were on her desk.
Eleven students will work together to prepare the five pages for the repot due next week.
We ordered three boxes of No. 10 enevlopes for the office. |
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| Spell out numbers up to and including ten. |
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There were four birds on the fence.
All 25 of the students ate lunch in the lunchroom. |
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| Spell out time used with o'clock. use figures for time with the abbreviations a.m. and p.m. |
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We will not have our office meeting unil two o'clock.
Your flight is at 8:30 a.m. |
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| Spell out common fraction appearing alone in ordinary writing. Write mixed numbers as figures. |
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Over one-fourth of the class was absent yesterday.
Use 1 1/2 cups of sugar when making the cake. |
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| When Keying monetary amounts in words written within legal documents, begina each word with a capital letter followed by the monetary amount write in figures and enclosed in parentheses. |
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| teh defendant will pay One Thousand Five Hundred and Fifty-Five Dollars and Fifty-Five Cents ($1,555.55). |
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| Whole numbers are intergers or counting numbers and do not include any fractions. |
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| Fractions are less than a whole number |
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| one-fourth, one-third, one-half, etc. |
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| Mixed numbers include whole numbers with fractions. |
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