likes apples; she likes oranges. o goes to Harvard; however, she goes to Yale. o be used in a series with commas for clarity • We went to London, England; Paris, France, and Madrid, Spain. o APOSTROPHE apostrophes to make words possessive and to make contractions • DON’T use apostrophes to make words plural. • Possessive pronouns don’t use apostrophes. (hers, its, ours, yours, etc.) • Be sure you have a real word before your apostrophe: children’s toys, not childrens’ toys • If the word is plural and ends in add apostrophe only: dogs’ owners • s, Treat singular nouns ending in just like any other singular noun: boss’s, Brutus’s s • UNDERLINING/ITALICIZING Underlining and italicizing are the same • Underline or italicize titles of long things: newspapers, magazines, CD’s, movies, novels, • musical compositions, etc. Underline or italicize names of ships, planes, trains, and artwork. • Underline or italicize foreign expressions. • QUOTATION MARKS Quote titles of short things: short stories, poems, songs, articles, etc. • Quote dialogue and words copied from other sources. • Commas and periods that follow quoted words always go inside closing quotation marks. (I said, • home . “Go ”)
o likes apples; she likes oranges. o goes to Harvard; however, she goes to Yale. • be used in a series with commas for clarity o We went to London, England; Paris, France, and Madrid, Spain. APOSTROPHE • apostrophes to make words possessive and to make contractions • DON’T use apostrophes to make words plural. • Possessive pronouns don’t use apostrophes. (hers, its, ours, yours, etc.) • Be sure you have a real word before your apostrophe: children’s toys, not childrens’ toys • If the word is plural and ends in s, add apostrophe only: dogs’ owners • Treat singular nouns ending in s just like any other singular noun: boss’s, Brutus’s UNDERLINING/ITALICIZING • Underlining and italicizing are the same • Underline or italicize titles of long things: newspapers, magazines, CD’s, movies, novels, musical compositions, etc. • Underline or italicize names of ships, planes, trains, and artwork. • Underline or italicize foreign expressions. QUOTATION MARKS • Quote titles of short things: short stories, poems, songs, articles, etc. • Quote dialogue and words copied from other sources. • Commas and periods that follow quoted words always go inside closing quotation marks. (I said, “Go home . ”)
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