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• These are words that often are erroneously hyphenated.
Question marks
• In business correspondence, the period is substituted for the question mark when action is requested. Otherwise, the ques- tion mark is used.
May I have three printouts by July 1.
Did he give you the printouts?
• Depending on the meaning, question marks are placed inside or outside quotation marks.
Who wrote “Preparing A Parent-Pleasing Annual Report”? He asked, “When can we expect an answer on the budget?”
Quotation marks
• Always place a period or comma inside the quotation marks. The article was titled “District Plan Responds to Emerging Issues.”
“We are looking for substitutes who will serve our teachers and students well,” he said.
• Place a colon, dash, exclamation point, question mark or semicolon inside the quotation marks when they apply to the quoted material only. They go outside the marks when they apply to the whole sentence.
The students yelled, “Go team!”
What did she mean by “cafeteria compensation plan”?
• Use quotation marks to enclose titles of books, chapters in
a book, articles in a periodical, short stories, plays, movies, filmstrips, videos, poems, songs, radio or TV programs, operas, lectures, speeches, pamphlets and works of art.
“School Public Relations: The Complete Book” “The Star-Spangled Banner”
“Good Morning, America”
“The Magic Flute”
“What’s Right with Education”
• Italicize the names of newspapers, magazines, newsletters and annual reports. In typed material, underlining is the equiva- lent of italicizing.
The Orlando Sentinel (The is part of the newspaper’s name and should be capitalized.)
Florida Magazine (Magazine is part of the publication’s name.) Florida TODAY
Time
Storyboard
bimonthly countywide districtwide dropout (noun) postgraduate intramural microcomputer midterm preschool
Parentheses
nonpublic nonverbal schoolwide postdoctoral vice chairman postsecondary prearrange prekindergarten yearlong
pretest printout (noun) statewide
vice president workday workweek
• Use parentheses sparingly to separate nonessential words or phrases or for clarity.
Four teachers (all UCF graduates) were involved in the planning session.
The figures listed (see Attachment A) support your conclusion.
• Use parentheses to enclose citations within text.
Almost 51 percent said discipline should be tougher in high
schools (Community Attitude Survey, 2016).
• Use parentheses to enclose numbers in an enumerated list within a paragraph.
The factors for the reorganization were (1) improved quality of services, (2) growth, (3) new mandates, (4) increasing costs and (5) philosophical interests.
• The final mark of punctuation for the sentence is placed out- side the parenthesis unless the words inside the parentheses form a complete sentence.
You may order the activities calendars ($1.50 each) by calling the Customer Care Center at (633-1000).
You may order a coffee mug from the Brevard Schools Foundation.(Send a check for $2.15 payable to the Brevard Schools Foundation.)
Periods
• Use a period after most abbreviations. B.A. i.e.
M.A. U.S. Ph.D. a.m.
p.m. FL* No. 1
*Do not put periods after the two-letter state abbreviations that are used with ZIP codes
• Do not use a period after initials or abbreviations that name well-known organizations, persons or things.
PTO IBM JFK UCF YMCA FBI
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