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The word "I" is always capitalised. Sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a period (or a question mark or exclamation mark).
You still seem to think that these things aren't important, despite having been
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COMMON NEWBIE MISTAKES There's a good book called How Not To Write a Screenplay I've forgotten where I found this: 76 Things not to do When Writing a Screenplay 1. Don't put your name, address and phone number on the title page. 2.
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mc
1 yr 144 days ago
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Forgotten where this came from. I 76 Things not to do When Writing a Screenplay 1. Don't put your name, address and phone number on the title page. 2. Don't do your homework when choosing a title. 3. Add subtitles below the
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mc
1 yr 237 days ago
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It seems that question marks and exclamation marks always go where they naturally belong, but full stops and commas are less clear-cut. With brackets, OTOH, they always go where they naturally belong. Is there a rationale for this? Given that
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Perhaps it's not a mistake specific to German speakers, but it does crop up quite often in my proofreading. OK, since we're on the topic of spaces, punctuation and proof-reading...what's the deal with double-spaces after periods,
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andy
5 yr 285 days ago
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Perhaps it's not a mistake specific to German speakers, but it does crop up quite often in my proofreading. OK, since we're on the topic of spaces, punctuation and proof-reading...what's the deal with double-spaces after periods,
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5 yr 285 days ago
Question Marks, Proofreading, Mistakes, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Writing, Careers, Punctuation, Languages, Exclamation Marks
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Does the rule extend to paranthesis? It should, because it ... of paranthesis is to interrupt the flow of the sentence. The rules about parentheses and ending punctuation are not quite the same as either system for quotation marks and ending
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woody wordpecker
6 yr 25 days ago
Nouns, Genders, Question Marks, Quotation Marks, Mistakes, Sentences, Writing, Punctuation, Styles, Capital Letters, Exclamation Marks
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On 27 Oct 2003 17:06:47 GMT, Dena Jo Oy? Oops. I misread that as "but not the ones your posting." Thank you, Evan! Again, improper this time, I hate to say, sorely lacking uberrima fides (1). No-one is ecstatically happy (note the
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