Search results for 'tag:Capital letters tag:Exclamation marks' matching tags 'Capital letters' and 'Exclamation marks'

Re: 1) not everyone who has the surname Barkley is descended from a common progenitor

Mr Wordy — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:02:03 GMT

1. "is" is correct ("everyone" is singular). But remember: use a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence and a full stop at the end (or a question mark or exclamation mark, of course).

2. This sentence is fine (apart from the missing full stop).

3) It is hot in here -- used of the temperature in some enclosed space, most often inside a building.

It is hot here -- can be used in any situation, indoors or outdoors, but often refers to the weather generally ("I'm on holiday in Australia. Phew ... it's hot here!").

3a) Of the two, it should be "What word should be filled in here?", but this is sloppy use of language in my opinion. The thing that is "filled in" is the space, not the thing that fills that space. It would be better to say: "What word should be inserted here?".

4) These are both ugly. You should say: "We have two foreign teachers and an Asian teacher at this school".

punctuation

hanuman_2000 — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:15:57 GMT

Hello,

I want to know that after Exclamation mark , the sentence should start with a capital letter.

Example.

1. Oh no! She is in danger.

2. Oh no! she is in danger

Thanks.

Re: Capital letters needed?

Pucca — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:02:34 GMT

You are all great!

Oh, oh..I don't know what I was thinking about..!Maybe it's that I haven't slept these days..well, I just realised that in Spanish there is no need to use capital letters after ":" and not after exclamation marks or question marks! I don't know how it is called in English. And my next question is..is capital needed after ":" aswell?

Thanks for your help!

Re: Capital letters needed?

Clive — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:55:39 GMT

Hi,

should we use a capital letter after a question mark or an exclamation mark?

Yes. These things mark the end of a sentence, and thus you need to start a new sentence.

Best wishes, Clive

Capital letters needed?

Pucca — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:52:15 GMT

I don't really know where to post this. It's not a grammar question nether a vocabulary in my opinion..

Well, should we use a capital letter after a question mark or an exclamation mark? This question came to my mind in a sudden when I was writing a post...
...I know, I know..it's a stupid question...but I've never known that, well, maybe it's like Spanish and there is no need of capital letters after the marks...

Thank you in advance!

Re: Is full stop before or after quotation marks?

J Lewis — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 17:20:05 GMT

I sometimes use the word "clever" when describing a person.
Here it is clear that the full stop has nothing to do with the quoted word and is part of the main sentence. The word "clever" doesn't need its own full stop. If we are quoting somebody speaking, then the quoted speech needs its own punctuation, which falls inside the quotes.
They said, "He's very clever." Note that a true quote begins with a capital letter.
What about commas?
If I don't like the word "clever", I say "smart" or something similar. Where would others put the comma in this case?

More problems arise with question and exclamation marks, which have the value of a full stop.
She said, "I love you!" This means she said it forcefully. The exclamation is hers.
She said, "I love you"! This shows that the speaker is over the moon about the fact that she loves him. The exclamation is the speaker's.

How about this one:
Did he really shout "Stop!"?
Here I should also put a question mark after "How about this one:" but it seems excessive! And would I put it before or after the colon?! Or even after the quote?!

To be logical, we should end a lot of sentences with full stop, end of quote, second full stop. We don't do this and the decision as to where to put the single full stop can be rather arbitrary.

Re: need help with grammar.

nona the brit — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 17:52:46 GMT

Hi Huxley,

Welcome to the forum.

Yes, you are correct. Question marks (?) and exclamation marks (!) always show that the sentence (not clause) has ended, in the same way as a full stop. Therefore, you need to start the next word, which is the first word of a new sentence, with a capital letter.

If you are working on capitals then it might be a good idea to start using them correctly in all parts of your writing, to get into good habits, and not just in theoretical examples. So don't forget that all sentences must start with a capital letter and that 'I' is always capitalised.

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MrPedantic — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 00:05:57 GMT

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Thank you.

MrP

Re: strong english

nona the brit — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 12:01:12 GMT

As well as the errors marked make sure you start all sentences with a capital letter, that I is always a captial letter and that people's names always start with a capital letter. You are overusing the exclamation mark!

I was really happy that you came here to see us! (few moments or long time we met in. its never matter. but you came here to be with us. Not sure what you are trying to say here) it's not easy. avi dada is away so far from our lands. You live in Dumdum which is too far away from us and you were only able to stay here for a few days but one day we'll meet again. That is what i can imagine. Well, Avi dada is proud of you and senses that you are his own more than other sisters. I also agree with him. We love you too as my sister! Ma is very happy with you and told me about you! You are such a wonderful person!

Enjoy your time there and study well. I hope you have reached Blr safely and everything is ok with you. Make good use of reading the book as my small gift.

take care

love

Anirban

Re: interjection

milky — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 04:21:09 GMT

Hanuman_2000 wrote:

Hello,

1. Ah! We have lost the match.

I want to know that after the interjection the sentence start with capital letter or small letter and why?

Because the exclamation mark behaves like the full-stop and question mark. i.e. it closes a "sentence" or "thought". The next sentence or thought needs a capital letter.

You could also write it like this:

Ah, we lost the match.

Ah, we lost the match!