English 101, Class 1

Welcome, students. I hope you are all rested after a prolonged weekend. There are two topics of today's class, and I will do some of each, and continue on both in the next class.



PUNCTUATION

Punctuation is key to having easy-to-read sentences. It can be the difference between juin-like speech and the speech of someone who has a good grasp on the English language. Let's look at different forms of punctuation:

THE PERIOD
The period is used to complete a normal sentence. If it is not a question or an exclamatory sentence, a period is used. Do not forget it, as the next sentence cannot begin until the first one ends.

THE QUESTION MARK
The question mark is used in sentences that are phrased as a question. Examples include "How are you today?" as well as "What are the maximum potential bandwidths of a P4/RDRAM platform and a Tbird/DDR platform, respectively?".

THE EXCLAMATION POINT
The exclamation point ends a sentence that is given much importance or accent. This should be used sparingly, but instead of all capital letters. Examples include "Holy crap!" as well as "Look at the ass on her!"

QUOTATION MARKS
Quotation marks are used when making quotes, when giving the name of a one-time publication (book as opposed to newspaper, for instance), or when making a statement that is not within the strict definition or is a new or unkown term. Examples include (respectively) "George W. Bush said today that he will do 'whatever is necessary' to catch the terrorists", "I just finished reading 'War and Peace'", and "I think he called it a 'monkey wrench'".
Remember that when putting a quote inside of a quote (as I did above) and multiple sets of quotation marks are needed, one should alternate full quotes (" ) and half quotes ('), starting with the full quotes.
As a side note, publications appearing on a refular basis (such as a newspaper or magazine), should be underlined. If that cannot be done, then they should be italicized.

THE COMMA
The comma should be used when a break is needed in the sentence, or at other predefined times. Whenever there is a list, of say on, two, three or more items, there should be commas after all but the last two items in the list. Use the preceding sentence as an example. When a person's name is used (in order to direct the sentence to their attention), commas should appear on one or both sides of their name, if necessary. For example, "I don't know, FUGGER, why are you so stupid?" or "AMDMeltdown, when are you going to show us some proof?".
Also, when combining two sentences, there should be period between the two, and before the word (such as "and" ), that joins the two. For example, "Do nVidia cards have better framerates than Ati cards, and do they have better or worse picture quality?".




CAPITALIZATION

Capitalization is one of the most abused areas of the English languages here on the THGC. All proper nouns should be capitalized. This includes all names, specific places, etc. For example, "Mt. Fuji", "Intel", "Fat Burger", "English" and "National Football League" should all be capitalized. The word "cat" would not be, although your cat named "Fifi" would. The "lake" two miles from your house deserves no capitalization, but "Blue Lake" does.

Always capitalize the first word of a sentance. this sentence is wrong. This sentece is right.
Also, when making a quote (as shown above), the first word of the quote should be capitalized. The quote should be considered, in all ways, as a sentence inside of a sentence.




This concludes the first class for this term. I hope you were taking notes, there will be a test at the end of the term. Now hurry up, you're going to miss Professor Lawson's History class.

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