GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION
word. All caps means to capitalize all letters in a word or phrase.
Descriptive
A Cincinnati Reds infielder
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See Specific City of Irvine use of Capitalization , Page 19.
A writers guide
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City of Irvine Super Pet Adoption
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Capitalize Capitalize the first word of every sentence, including quoted statements and direct questions. n Patrick Henry said, “Give me liberty or give me death.” n The story answers the question, Where does true happiness really lie? Proper Nouns Capitalize person, place, or thing, including City department names. See City Department, Commis- sion, and Committee Names , Page 20.
Possessive
The Cincinnati Reds’ infielder
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The writer’s guide
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Years Use an s without an apostrophe to indicate spans of decades or centuries. 1700s Do not use contractions for years. For more information about Contractions , see Page 9. n 1790s n For more information about Apostrophes/Possessives , see the AP Stylebook . Bold Bold may be used for titles and/or headers throughout the document.
John
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Community Services Department
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America
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Proper Names When proper nouns are part of a full name for a person, place, or thing, they should be capitalized. See City of Irvine Name , Page 19.
Communications Plan
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Section I
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Democratic Party
Overview
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Mississippi River
Goals
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Common Nouns Lowercase common nouns when they stand alone in subsequent references.
Objectives
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Do not bold titles of books, newspapers or periodicals. See Composition Titles, Page 21.
The party
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Emphasis Do not use bold or all caps for emphasis. Use italics for emphasis. Capitalization
The river
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Lowercase the common noun elements of names in plural uses.
Democratic and Republican parties
Capitalize means to uppercase the first letter of a
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