March Monthly Exam

• Appropriate language use refers to the acceptable style of language for a particular form of text
• Business correspondences - style must be concise and formal; should not use wordy phrases and must be courteous
• literary pieces - language may be less formal and more creative
• Good writing includes good choice of diction.
• Diction is defined as the way in which words are used in speech or in writing. It separates good writing from bad writing.
• Mechanics refers to the conventions of writing which includes capitalization, punctuation, spelling, numerals, abbreviations, acronyms, and contractions.
• These errors are not errors in grammar since you have demonstrated that you know the rules in forming the possessive pronoun and plural.Since you made a mistake in the use of punctuation, you committed an error in mechanics.
• As a writer, there are rules or mechanics that you must consider and remember when writing.
• Punctuation mark. used to make text easier to read and convey clear and specific meaning.
• The first word of a sentence is always capitalized.
• Proper nouns are always capitalized.
• Civil, military, religious, and professional titles, even when abbreviated, are capitalized when followed by a person's name.
• When a person is addressed by his or her professional title, the title is capitalized.
• The pronoun I is always capitalized. This is also true of the interjection
• Geographical names are capitalized
• Religions, holy books, believers (as a group), holy days, and terms that refer to deities are capitalized
• Names of as well as their abbreviations, acronyms, and shorter versions of their names, are capitalized.
• Days of the week, months of the year, and holidays are capitalized. The seasons, however, are not usually capitalized.
• Historical documents, events, periods, and cultural movements are capitalized
• Names of trademarked merchandise are capitalized
• Words derived from proper names are capitalized.
• The titles of poems, songs, movies, books, plays, and essays are capitalized.
• Articles, conjunctions, and prepositions are not capitalized, unless they are the first word of the title.
• Prepositions are capitalized if they are the last word of the title.
• The first word in quoted material is usually capitalized.
• The names of heavenly bodies, including the planets, are capitalized, but the words earth, moon, and sun are not.
• General compass directions are not capitalized unless they refer to specific geographical locations
• The names of man-made objects, such as bridges, planes, spacecraft, ships, roads, monuments, and buildings, are capitalized.
• Period - used to an end a declarative sentence or imperative sentence.
• Period is often used with abbreviations and acronym.
• Comma is used to separate two independent clauses joined by any of the following coordinating conjunction: and, but, for, or  and nor.
• Comma is used to separate a dependent clause from the main clause that follows.
• Comma - used to separate an introductory element from the main clause of a sentence.
• Comma is used after a wide range of introductory words, including yes, no, oh, and well, at the beginning of a sentence.
• Comma is used to separate an apposite phrase from the rest of a sentence.
• An apposition is a word or phrase placed after another to provide additional information about it or to explain it.
• Comma is used to separate declarative elements from a clause that poses a question
• Comma is used to separate groups of numbers, the different elements of an address, and the date from the year. A comma ordinarily is not used to separate the name of a month from the year.
• Comma is used to separate declarative elements from a clause that poses a question
• Comma - used to separate interrupting elements from the rest of a sentence.