Unforgiveable Grammar Crimes. Capitalization Buildings, Streets, Parks, Statues, Monuments · buildings · towers · churches · schools · parks · statues.

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Unforgiveable Grammar Crimes

Capitalization Buildings, Streets, Parks, Statues, Monuments · buildings · towers · churches · schools · parks · statues · monuments Continents, Countries, Counties, Districts, Cities, Towns · continents · countries · counties · towns · villages · communities Eras and Historical Periods - Scientific and Common names Capitalize scientific names of the world’s eras and common names for historical epochs, periods and events. Examples: · the Ice Age · Colonial days · the Great Depression.

Capitalization Names for the Bible – Capitalize all names for the Bible, for parts and versions of the Bible and all names of other sacred books. Examples: · Bible · Scriptures · Word of God · Holy Bible · Old Testament · New Testament · Gospels · Ten Commandments · Lord’s Prayer - Deity - Capitalize all names for Deity Examples: · Father · Almighty · God · Lord · Holy Spirit · Messiah · Lord of Hosts · Redeemer · Savior · Holy Trinity - Devil - Capitalize all names for the Devil Examples: · Devil · Satan · Adversary · Father of Lies · Evil One · Lucifer · Prince of Darkness

Capitalization Names/Persons Proper Nouns – Capitalize all proper nouns that are names of individuals. Examples: · Sally Jane Anderson · John. A. Smith Personal Pronoun “ I ” – Capitalize the word " I " when referring to oneself in the first person. This word is always capitalized, even when used in mid sentence. Epithets - Capitalize epithets added to proper names or applied to people or places. Examples: · the Dallas Cowboys · the Golden Gate · the Green Belt · William the Conqueror · the Empire State Building

Capitalization Titles - Personal - Academic and Religious titles – Capitalize when preceding a name or when used as a means of personally addressing the individual. Examples: · Professor David Schwartz · Bishop Larry Wiseman · Doctor Paul McNeil · Dr. Paul McNeil - Government titles – Capitalize when referring to definite persons or to their positions. Examples: · the Queen of England · the President of the United States · Secretary of Defense · Congressman from Massachusetts - Rank, Respect, and Honor titles – Capitalize all titles of rank, respect and honor when preceding a name. Examples: · President Theodore Roosevelt · Senator Robert Morris · Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist · Speaker John Denison

Possessives The general rule is that the possessive of a singular noun is formed by adding an apostrophe and s, whether the singular noun ends in s or not. the lawyer’s fee the child’s toy Xerox’s sales manager Tom Jones’s first album

Possessives The possessive of a plural noun is formed by adding only an apostrophe when the noun ends in s, and by adding both an apostrophe and s when it ends in a letter other than s. excessive lawyers’ fees children’s toys the twins’ parents the student teachers’ supervisor the Smiths’ vacation house the boys’ baseball team

Possessives Shared or individual possessives Joint possession is indicated by a single apostrophe. Robert Smith and Rebecca Green’s psychology textbook. (they coauthored the book) Stanley and Scarlett’s house. (they share the house)

Sentence Punctuation Capitalize the beginning of a sentence and punctuate the end!! If it is a question, then you need to put a ?

Punctuating Titles In print, titles of longer works are italicized, or printed in italics. This sentence is printed in italics. In handwritten papers, underlining is used to set off the words in some kind of titles. Books, plays, newspapers, magazines, movies, television series, paintings, sculptures, ballets, operas, musicals, ships, & aircrafts

Punctuating Titles Use quotation marks to enclose the titles of shorter works. “Still Puritan After All These Years?” Short essays, essays, short poems, songs, articles, chapters, & television episodes

Numbers Spell out all numbers below ten in your writing! Example: My family owns five dogs and two cats.

Paragraph Format & Structure (MLA) Indent with each new paragraph Align your text on the left-hand side Use transitions with each new idea Times New Roman font 12 pt. font 1 inch margins MLA heading with last name & page # Have a title (Centered & same font & size)

Homonyms