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Carlagee wrote: Please check my essay for punctuation and capitalization errors. Ms. Jean Jackson 735 W. 79th Street Detroit, MI 14728 Dear Ms. Jackson, I want to enter my antique ford Betsy in the Rally of the Americas to be held August 12, 1994. Please send me any information I may...

"Place commas and periods inside, not outside, quotation marks. Place all other punctuation outside quotation marks unless it was contained in the original source. Follow this practice whether or not the comma is part of the original quotation. The general rule is that commas and periods should...

First of all, "What she looked like" is not a question, and should not have a question mark. Most style guides will tell you to not use a ? inside a ? - use only one. Here is one example: http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp Rule 3: When you have a question outside quoted...

I've been to many websites, but there are still things that confuse me.I suppose "back in the day" when the Internet could not italicize things, people used some type of punctuation for marking significant words.The word 'and' can be used intermittently throughout the paper, but the paper may...

My question is: Do you have any objection as to my use of punctuation marks, capitalization in my posting? (You shouldn't use a capital D after the colon and you should use the word 'and' instead of the comma after the word 'marks'). My question is: do you have any objection as to my use of...

Hi, I hope someone can enlighten me. I have a few basic questions about punctuation, especially within speach marks. I was always under the impression that when using speech marks you ended with a full stop then the next sentence started with a capital letter like this : ...

I do not want to muddy the waters but you can definitely say : Come rain or shine, I go out fishing in all weathers. There are uncountable nouns which are used as countable plurals: I feel I am on shifting sands, what are your strengths and weaknesses?, The powers that be decided to cut public...

Anonymous wrote:If, within a text, there is a passage in which a person is performing an action and then thinking about something, would you use quotation marks around the thought and a question mark at the end of the question within the thought? e.g. She sat on the rock and looked out to...

Hi, How would you respond to the question, " What is your favorite song?"? Would you say, "My favorite song is "Smile in the Wind."? The title in quotations? Yes. And if you want to ask like the first sentence I formed, how would you deal with the underlined "maybe in need of double...

Here is another interesting question. From what i understand, italics replaced the need for underlining for books and using quotation marks for periodicals. Is this true. What about leaflets or handouts. "The tracking form and Dental Progress Notes were changed." Dental Progress Notes may...