Blogs about: Capitalization

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Maybe it's the Shift key

Laura wrote 14 hours ago: Maybe a temperamental Shift key is responsible for the randomness of the capital letters on Yahoo! S … more →

Tags: capitalizing, Editing, Fan BingBing, Proofreading, Shine, Yahoo, yahoo shine

News we can use

Laura wrote 1 day ago: I always learn something when I read Yahoo! News; mostly I learn what not to do. The site serves as … more →

Tags: capitalizing, Subject-Verb Agreement, Verbs, Wrong Words, bad grammar, Editing, Grammar, Grammar Mistakes, incorrect grammar

Let's not focus on the negative2 comments

Laura wrote 2 days ago: Instead of focusing on the names the writer for Yahoo! Movies got wrong (like Taissa Farmiga and Sof … more →

Tags: capitalizing, misspellings, bad spelling, Editing, incorrect spelling, misspelled celebrities, misspelling, Proofreading, Sofia Coppola

This is the news?

Laura wrote 4 days ago: It’s not news to readers of  Yahoo! News that the writers and editors frequently make mistakes … more →

Tags: capitalizing, hyphens, <punctuation>, Wrong Words, barbie dreamhouse, Editing, Ping Pong, Proofreading, punctuation errors

CDFI Capitalization Planning1 comment

fundconsulting wrote 4 days ago: Capitalization and fundraising are ongoing endeavors for CDFIs of all types and sizes, especially as … more →

Tags: CDFI News and Resources, CDFIs, Market Study, capitalization planning, eq2, program-related investments, Pris, fundraising

Off Topic: "The Rise of a Confident Hollywood"

splicedcomma wrote 1 week ago: I am currently a PhD student at York University, Toronto, Canada, and I have recently published an a … more →

Tags: Links, off-topic, Power, capitalism, film, Hollywood, Cinema, Risk, Business

Your mother would be so proud

Laura wrote 1 week ago: So, you finally landed a job writing for a big, hot-shot Internet company. Your mother must be so pr … more →

Tags: Apostrophes, capitalizing, complement/compliment, Confused Words, misspellings, plurals, <punctuation>, Apostrophe, bad spelling

Ask Sinai #52 comments

aray wrote 1 week ago: Dear sinaI,     sumTimes I was haved trubble Xpressing maiself 0nlin3 ok I no that i m not a vry gud … more →

Tags: Ask Sinai, Sinai, Sinai the Great, Confusing, bad english, English, I Have Trubble Xpressing Maiself, Poor English, Grammar

DRIVE-BY EDITING: punctuation & capitalization

CherylHannah.com wrote 2 weeks ago: Cheryl Hannah noticed this sign while waiting to be seated at a Vancouver Island restaurant. She was … more →

Tags: drive-by editing, humour, <punctuation>

Capitalization Rules in English

walterashleys wrote 2 weeks ago: Capitalization is one of the most important parts of punctuating a sentence. Here are some quick and … more →

Tags: capitalization rules, english capitalization, english capitalization rules

Would that be Scrabble?1 comment

Laura wrote 3 weeks ago: Now you can own a Kobe Bryant Scrabble jersey. Either a game-word jersey or a game-worn jersey. I ca … more →

Tags: capitalizing, Wrong Words, Cameron Smith, Editing, funny writing errors, funny writing mistakes, prep rally, Proofreading, Seasons

Not a Mensa member?

Laura wrote 3 weeks ago: You don’t have to be brilliant to know that some writers for Yahoo! Shine aren’t exactly … more →

Tags: Apostrophes, capitalizing, Errors of fact, hyphens, misspellings, plurals, possessives, <punctuation>, Age

The Higher Education Bubble

srojak wrote 3 weeks ago: You liked the dot-com bubble? You loved the housing bubble? Get ready for the higher education bubbl … more →

Tags: History, Economics, Primose Path, winter is coming, bubbles, College, Student Loans, Work

News to confuse1 comment

Laura wrote 3 weeks ago: Ever seen someone furl their brow? Me neither. Apparently the writer for Yahoo! News‘ “T … more →

Tags: altogether/all together, capitalizing, Confused Words, Wrong Words, all together!!!!, ALTOGETHER, chris moody, Commonly confused words, Congress

Short and sweet

kwhirsh wrote 3 weeks ago: My first hurdle in writing emails in German is that you do not capitalize the first word of the sent … more →

Tags: Daily Post, exempli gratia, Latin e.g., Z.B., MFG, LG, abbreviations, dat, dat. love

Capitalisation

Janet Carr wrote 3 weeks ago: Capitalisation is difficult for Swedish speakers of English because Swedish does not often capitalis … more →

Tags: writing, capital letters in English

Like Shootin' Fish in a Barrel2 comments

copyeditcat wrote 4 weeks ago: I’ve been searching for errors on storefront signs around the city. Today there was no shortage of o … more →

Tags: Grammar, signage, spelling, apostrophe s

To Cap or Not to Cap: Honorifics3 comments

KD Did It wrote 1 month ago: It’s a question of capitalization—and the number of Sirs I see capped in text drives me … more →

Tags: Writing #2, writing, Editor, writer, English, Kathy Davie, KD Did It, Editing, Copyediting

Not a recipient of a dictionary?1 comment

Laura wrote 1 month ago: Not sure how to capitalize a name? Don’t bother Googlin’ it! Just do what the writer for … more →

Tags: capitalizing, misspellings, bad spelling, Cameron Smith, Editing, incorrect spelling, misspelling, prep rally, Proofreading


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