Courtesy

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Courtesy
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Courtesy

• Sentence Endings Sentence Beginnings

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Proofreading Sentence Endings

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Proofreading Sentence Endings
The Ancient Greeks invented
the alphabet
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Proofreading Sentence Endings
The did not have small letter or spaces
between words. THEIRWRITINGLOOKEDLIKE THIS
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Sentence Endings
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Sentence Endings
Mark .

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Sentence Endings
Mark . Name period

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Sentence Endings
Mark . Name period
Tone of Voice regular
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Sentence Endings
Mark . Name period
Tone of Voice regular Example John needs help.
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Sentence Endings
Mark ?

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Sentence Endings
Mark ? Name question mark

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Sentence Endings
Mark ? Name question mark
Tone of Voice Rising
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Sentence Endings
Mark ? Name question mark
Tone of Voice Rising Example John needs help?
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Sentence Endings
Mark !

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Sentence Endings
Mark ! Name exclamation mark
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Sentence Endings
Mark ! Name exclamation mark
Tone of Voice shouting
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Sentence Endings
Mark ! Name exclamation mark
Tone of Voice shouting Example John needs help!
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ENGLISH VS. SPANISH
Cats chase rats. Cats chase rats? Billy
threw up!  
Cats chase rats. Cats chase rats? Billy
threw up!
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Sentence Endings Rules

• Avoid exclamation points.
• 2. Never use two end-punctuation marks together.
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Sentence Endings Rules

• Avoid exclamation points.
• 2. Never use two end-punctuation marks together.
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• ? Pass the butter!

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Sentence Endings Rules

• Avoid exclamation points.
• 2. Never use two end-punctuation marks together.
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• ? Pass the butter!
• ? I am hungry!.

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Sentence Endings Rules

• Avoid exclamation points.
• 2. Never use two end-punctuation marks together.
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• ? Pass the butter!
• ? I am hungry!.
• ? Are you going, or not!?

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Sentence Endings Rules

• Avoid exclamation points.
• 2. Never use two end-punctuation marks together.
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• ? Pass the butter!
• ? I am hungry!.
• ? Are you going, or not!?
• ? You hit me!!

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Spacing

• Insert two spaces after punctuating
• the end of a sentence.

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Spacing

• Insert two spaces after punctuating
• the end of a sentence.

• ? John walked to school yesterday. On the way he
  met Cindy and Charles.

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Spacing

• Insert two spaces after punctuating
• the end of a sentence.

• ? John walked to school yesterday. On the way he
  met Cindy and Charles.
• ? John walked to school yesterday. On the way he
  met Cindy and Charles.

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Punctuating Sentence Beginnings

• Why do we start a sentence with a capital
  letter?

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Punctuating Sentence Beginnings

• Why do we start a sentence with a capital
  letter?

• ? John walked to school yesterday. on the way he
  met Cindy and Charles.

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Punctuating Sentence Beginnings

• Why do we start a sentence with a capital
  letter?

• ? John walked to school yesterday. on the way he
  met Cindy and Charles.
• ? John walked to school yesterday. On the way
  he met Cindy and Charles.

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Punctuating Sentence Beginnings

• It tells readers that a new sentence is
  beginning.

• ? John walked to school yesterday. on the way he
  met Cindy and Charles.
• ? John walked to school yesterday. On the way
  he met Cindy and Charles.

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 Beginning Sentences Inside Quotation Marks

• If a sentence is inside quotation marks, it
  also begins with a capital.

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 Beginning Sentences Inside Quotation Marks

• If a sentence is inside quotation marks, it
  also begins with a capital.

• ? John said, my dog can write his name with a
  pen.

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 Beginning Sentences Inside Quotation Marks

• If a sentence is inside quotation marks, it
  also begins with a capital.

• ? John said, my dog can write his name with a
  pen.
• ? John said, My dog can write his name with a
  pen.

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 Beginning Sentences Inside Quotation Marks

• Only capitalize the beginning of a sentence in
  quotation marks, not where it stopped and started
  again.

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 Beginning Sentences Inside Quotation Marks

• Only capitalize the beginning of a sentence in
  quotation marks, not where it stopped and started
  again.

• ? I am going to town, John said, In the
  morning.

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 Beginning Sentences Inside Quotation Marks

• Only capitalize the beginning of a sentence in
  quotation marks, not where it stopped and started
  again.

• ? I am going to town, John said, In the
  morning.
• ? I am going to town, John said, in the
  morning.

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 Beginning Sentences Inside Quotation Marks

• Only capitalize the beginning of a sentence in
  quotation marks, not where it stopped and started
  again.

• ? I am going to town, John said, In the
  morning.
• ? I am going to town, John said, in the
  morning.
• Proof
• I am going to town in the morning.

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 Other First Words

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• Capitalize the first word of titles of books
  and other written material.
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 Other First Words

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• Capitalize the first word of titles of books
  and other written material.
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• The article I read yesterday was The Best
  Dogs in America.

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 Other First Words

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• Capitalize the first word of titles of books
  and other written material.
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• The article I read yesterday was The Best
  Dogs in America.
• The book I read yesterday was The Greatest
  Unicorn.

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 Punctuating Quotation Marks

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• Put periods and commas INSIDE quotation
  marks, no matter how short the quotation.

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 Punctuating Quotation Marks

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• Put periods and commas INSIDE quotation
  marks, no matter how short the quotation.
• (The English do
• it the reverse.)
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 Punctuating Quotation Marks

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• Put periods and commas INSIDE quotation
  marks, no matter how short the quotation.
• (The English do
• it the reverse.)
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• Incorrect
• The article I read yesterday was The Best
  Dogs in America.

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 Punctuating Quotation Marks

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• Put periods and commas INSIDE quotation
  marks, no matter how short the quotation.
• (The English do
• it the reverse.)
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• Incorrect
• The article I read yesterday was The Best
  Dogs in America.
• Correct
• The article I read yesterday was The Best
  Dogs in America.

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REVIEW
Mark . Name period
Tone of Voice regular
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REVIEW
Mark ? Name question mark
Tone of Voice Rising
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REVIEW
Mark ! Name exclamation mark
Tone of Voice shouting
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REVIEW

• Avoid exclamation points.
• 2. Never use two end-punctuation marks together.
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REVIEW

• Insert two spaces after punctuating
• the end of a sentence.

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REVIEW

• Starting sentences with a capital letter tells
  readers that a new sentence is beginning.

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 REVIEW

• Only capitalize the beginning of a sentence in
  quotation marks, not where it stopped and started
  again.

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 REVIEW

•  
• Capitalize the first word of titles of books
  and other written material.
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 REVIEW

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• Put periods and commas INSIDE quotation
  marks, no matter how short the quotation.