 106  Please call my agent—Jessica Cohen—about hiring me. Parentheses or commas would work just fine here instead of the dashes. I wish you would—oh, never mind. This shows an abrupt change in thought and warrants an em dash. To form an em dash on a PC, type the first word, then hold down the ALT key while typing 0151 on the numerical pad on the right side of your keyboard. Then type the second word. You may also form an em dash by typing the first word, hitting the hyphen key twice, and then typing the second word. Your program will turn the two hyphens into an em dash for you. On a Mac, press Option-Shift-Hyphen to form an em dash. While there are many more possible uses of the em dash, by not providing additional rules, I am hoping to curb your temptation to employ this convenient but overused punctuation mark. Chapter 4 Capitalization Rule 1. Capitalize the first word of a quoted sentence. Examples: He said, "Treat her as you would your own daughter." "Look out!" she screamed. "You almost ran into my child.” Rule 2. Capitalize a proper noun. Example: Golden Gate Bridge Rule 3. Capitalize a person's title when it precedes the name. Do not capitalize when the title is acting as a description following the name. Examples: Chairperson Petrov Ms. Petrov, the chairperson of the company, will address us at noon. Rule 4. Capitalize the person's title when it follows the name on the address or signature line. Example: Sincerely, Ms. Haines, Chairperson Rule 5. Capitalize the titles of high-ranking government officials when used with or before their names. Do not capitalize the civil title if it is used instead of the name. 106 |
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