Grammar Punctuation, Capitalization, and Run- on Sentences

Capitalization: People  Names of people  Ex.) Joanna, Matty  Professional people  Doctor (Dr.) Stevens, Professor James  Capitalize family relationships only when they are used as part of a person’s title  Ex.) Aunt Claire, Tío Angelo  Names of political, racial, social, national, civic, and athletic groups  Ex.) Native-Americans, Democrats, Chicago White Sox

Places, Languages, and Races  Always capitalize cities, countries, street names, schools, cyber places and landmarks.  Ex.) Chicago, France, 55 th Street, Hernandez Middle School, Google, Sears Tower  Languages  Ex.) Italian, Spanish, English, French  Race/Ethnicity  Ex.) Asian, Black, White/Chinese, French, Mexican

 Date (ex. Tuesday December 15, 2015)  Month (ex. January)  Day (Tuesday)  Important/historical events (World War I)  Holidays (Christmas) Dates, Events, Holidays

 Always capitalize the titles of articles, books, magazines, songs, albums, television shows, plays, etc.  Ex.) “Is Technology Killing Our Friendships?”  Always capitalize famous brands or products  Ex.) Nike, Pepsi, Air Jordan Titles of Works/Famous Products

First Words and “I”  First word of a sentence should be capitalized.  When quoting something from an article, you need to capitalize the first word in the quote.  The word “I” should always be capitalized.  The dog chewed on its bone.  In the article, it states, “Obesity in American has increased 10% each year since 2005.”  My mom, my brother, and I went to the Philippines

 Quotation mark (“”): used to show dialogue or to show that the idea is not your own work. Quoting words that are not your own  Ex.) The newspaper states, “A suburban school in Chicago will start school at 9:00AM.” Dialogue  Ex.) Sarah screamed, “You broke my phone!!!” She cried many tears in front of her friend. Punctuation: Quotation Mark

 You use commas when… Connecting two complete sentences with a conjunction  Ex.) She went to the party, but I did not.  Note: For, And, Neither/Nor, But, Or, Yet, and So are conjuctions Separating items into lists  Ex.)I know how to speak French, Italian, and Portuguese. Marking the start of dialogue or quote  Jamie told his sister, “Please leave my computer alone.”  The article believes, “Not all social media is bad.” Punctuation: Comma

 Period (.): used to end a complete idea, thought, or statement that are in the form of sentences.  Ex.) On the weekends, people like to spend time with family or to do their housework.  Can be used to shorten and correct run-on sentences. Punctuation: Period

 Run-on sentence: two or more sentences that are joined together without a conjunction (and, but, so, for, or, neither/nor, yet)or proper punctuation.  You can separate run-on sentences with conjunctions or punctuation marks. Run-on Sentence

 Using a period  Incorrect: I like to watch TV I like to play ball I like to eat.  Correct:  Using a conjunction  Incorrect: I like to watch TV I like to play ball I like to eat.  Correct: Separating Run-on Sentences

 You have to INDENT for each new paragraph.  If you need to, put a SPACE between the paragraphs.  Do not make your paper into one huge paragraph. Quick word on paragraph form