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Re: Correct or Not

Eimai_Anglos — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:42:56 GMT

"why was late reply" is not a sentence. It has no meaning. In English a sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a punctuation mark (. ; : ? !)

In addition, you seem to have omitted a definite or indefinite article or a possessive pronoun and mixed up the word order.

"Why was his reply late?"

"Why was the reply late?"

A Little Help with Capitals

angel_tristan0409 — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:07:10 GMT

A Little Help with Capitals

This handout lists some guidelines for capitalization. If you have a question about whether a specific word should be capitalized that doesn't fit under one of these rules, try checking a dictionary to see if the word is capitalized there.

Use capital letters in the following ways:

The first words of a sentence

When he tells a joke, he sometimes forgets the punch line.

The pronoun "I"

The last time I visited Atlanta was several years ago.

Proper nouns (the names of specific people, places, organizations, and sometimes things)

Worrill Fabrication Company

Golden Gate Bridge

Supreme Court

Livingston, Missouri

Atlantic Ocean

Mothers Against Drunk Driving

Family relationships (when used as proper names)

I sent a thank-you note to Aunt Abigail, but not to my other aunts.

Here is a present I bought for Mother.

Did you buy a present for your mother?

The names of God, specific deities, religious figures, and holy books

God the Father

the Virgin Mary

the Bible

the Greek gods

Moses

Shiva

Buddha

Zeus

Exception: Do not capitalize the non-specific use of the word "god."

The word "polytheistic" means the worship of more than one god.

Titles preceding names, but not titles that follow names

She worked as the assistant to Mayor Hanolovi.

I was able to interview Miriam Moss, mayor of Littonville.

Directions that are names (North, South, East, and West when used as sections of the country, but not as compass directions)

The Patels have moved to the Southwest.

Jim's house is two miles north of Otterbein.

The days of the week, the months of the year, and holidays (but not the seasons used generally)

Halloween

October

Friday

winter

spring

fall

Exception: Seasons are capitalized when used in a title.

The Fall 1999 semester

The names of countries, nationalities, and specific languages

Costa Rica

Spanish

French

English

The first word in a sentence that is a direct quote

Emerson once said, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."

The major words in the titles of books, articles, and songs (but not short prepositions or the articles "the," "a," or "an," if they are not the first word of the title)

One of Jerry's favorite books is The Catcher in the Rye.

Members of national, political, racial, social, civic, and athletic groups

Green Bay Packers

African-Americans

Anti-Semitic

Democrats

Friends of the Wilderness

Chinese

Periods and events (but not century numbers)

Victorian Era

Great Depression

Constitutional Convention

sixteenth century

Trademarks

Pepsi

Honda

IBM

Microsoft Word

Words and abbreviations of specific names (but not names of things that came from specific things but are now general types)

Freudian

NBC

pasteurize

french fries

italics

Re: I did project about "Heroin" , i need someone check me the spelling & structure

BeginStudent — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:59:21 GMT

Thanks , why did you change the words:"It is " to "its"?
something else about it :"You must remember to use capital "I" for the personal pronoun. " - you mean also if i have "," after it will be capital letter ?- for example :"I wrote the letter to the secretary and I wrote to my mother.

I have part two , it's the first question number one from the list "Secondary questions".

1) How does this drug affect the human body under

different circumstances?

When people use this drug without any medical prescription they may have a variety of diseases.

The first one is when people take an overdose consequently they may die because of high concentration of heroin in their body.

Moreover ,people that use this drug constantly may get the HIV and plenty of other diseases such as hepatitis etc.

The most terrible incidents concerning drugs happen when people try to carry drugs in nylon packages inside their bodies . Sometimes the packages are torn and the concentration of drugs inside the body causes immediate death.

Furthermore , gang members that are addicted to heroin may kill just to have another "shot".

In conclusion , the heroin drug is very dangerous and there is more than one way to be killed by it .

Thanks alot .

Re: Correct?

Buddhaheart — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:08:32 GMT

"Make up to (the âtoâ is not necessary) your mind for (space required after âforâ) yourself what you 'need' and will use the more (the underlined clause doesnât make sense or doesnât sound natural?), (This is a âcomma spliceâ. Start a new sentence if possible.) if (possibly âIfâ with a capital letter âIâ.âIfâ might not even be necessary) you already have a desktop that is still (The word âstillâ is redundant. Delete it.) running smoothly why buy a laptop? I'd say buy a PS3/XBOX360 and wait a lil (little?) bit more for (Wordiness. How about just âuntilâ?) the (a?) new (newer?) collection(series? model?) of laptops to come out, you'd (you then?) get a better laptop (Could use pronoun here like âoneâ?) for the same price (Lacking conjunction here?) you'd buy (pay?) for one now."

Re: letter

Grammar Geek — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:46:28 GMT

1. can I finish a formal letter with "Hoping to receive your answer and sending regards, Joanna"? I find this too informal an ending for a formal letter. I hope to receive your answer shortly, and then your formal closing.

2. should I write the pronoun "you" in a capital letter? ( in formal or informal letters) Never, unless it is the beginning of a sentence.

3. can I say "call for girls" when I mean "invite some girld by calling them" I need more context to understand what you mean here. "Call for girls" sounds like a way to contact protitutes.

letter

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:35:59 GMT

Hi,
I've got some questions and I hope you can answer them.
Thanks in advance
1. can I finish a formal letter with "Hoping to receive your answer and sending regards, Joanna"?
2. should I write the pronoun "you" in a capital letter? ( in formal or informal letters)
3. can I say "call for girls" when I mean "invite some girld by calling them"

Re: grammar

Grammar Geek — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:43:27 GMT

Sentences must start with a capital letter, and the personal pronoun I is always capitalized in English.

The word shopping has two p's.

You buy "something" but that doesn't take an article. (No "a" in your sentence.)

Otherwise, they are correct, but not very natural.

Using the word "do" makes the sentences emphatic, as though someone had said "you never exercise" and you answered "I do exercise every morning!"

To say that you shop to buy something is redundant.

I exercise every morning. I go shopping in the afternoon.

Re: Nominative pronouns and objective

Grammar Geek — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:40:06 GMT

Why don't you look at the post before yours?

Your teacher will also be happy if you start sentences with a capital letter, write "you" instead of "u" and punctuate correctly.

Re: i have allday to studying english

nona the brit — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:22:44 GMT

We're happy to help but can you try to remember the little lessons we give you please? You've been told several times that you must always use a capital I (the pronoun) wherever it is used. Correct use of capital letters is very important in English.

Re: go after = to obtain something

khoff — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 17:59:23 GMT

go after = to obtain something Not exactly -- go after = to try to obtain something; to pursue something.

Are you trying to go after her? be careful, his husband will beat you.

These sentences are fine,except for the mising capital letter and a serious pronoun problem.