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| Capitalize names of geographic localities, streets, parks, etc... i.e. Europe, Mississippi River |
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| In all cases, be sure to write each person's name precisely the way he or she writes it - this rule refers not only to capitalization but also the spelling and spacing in names. |
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| Capital letters identify official names of companies, departments, divisitions, associations, committees, bureaus, buildings, schools, course titles, clubs, government bodies, historical events, and documents, and so on. |
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| These must be capitalized and are adjectives formed from proper nouns; i.e. American, Canadian, etc. |
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| Substitute one word for the complete name of a person, place, or thing to give special distinction or emphasis, but be sure to capitalize the short form. |
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| You capitalize a title written before a name? |
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| A title written after a name or without a name is capitalized when |
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1. it is the title of a high-ranking national or international official
2. it is part of an address |
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| Former and late are capitalized when joined to titles |
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| When joined to titles, the prefix ex- and the suffix -elect are not capitalized. |
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| To distinguish between a proper noun that is part of the official name of a product and a common noun that names the general class of the product, the official name should be capitalized? |
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| Coke (Coca-Cola), Scotch tape, Kleenex tissues, Yellow Pages directory, are all examples of proper capitalization in commercial products? |
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| In formal writing, a person's degree or other information may not follow a name. |
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| Mr. and Mrs. are examples of titles used before personal names? |
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| Abbreviations of academic degrees and religious orders do not have internal periods. |
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| As a business writer, you must know the correct forms of abbreviations? |
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| Is a comma used before an abbreviation that follows a name? |
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| What is a shortened form of a name? |
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| What is the abbreviation of Estimated tie of arrival? |
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| The proper way to abbreviate "before noon"? |
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| In technical work and on invoices, units of length, weight, capacity, area, volume, temperature, and time are usually abbreviated? |
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| Ages are spelled out - unless they are significant statistics. |
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| When more than two words are needed to spell the number or when special emphasis is desired, express the numbers in numerals, unless at the start of the sentence. |
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| A whole number plus a fraction |
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| What indicates the order or succession? |
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| What is an exception to using numerals for house numbers? |
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