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1 Copyright 1995 2007 by Pearson Education, publishing as LongmanAaron, The little , brown Compact handbook , Sixth EditionMECHANICSC opyright 1995 2007 by Pearson Education, publishing as LongmanAaron, The little , brown Compact handbook , Sixth EditionPROPER NOUNS ANDADJECTIVES TO BECAPITALIZED Specific persons and things the Empire State Building Specific places and geographical regions Lake Victoria Days of the week, months, holidays Thanksgiving Historical events, documents, periods, movements World War II Government offices or departments and institutions Polk Municipal Court Political, social, athletic, and other organizationsand associations and their members Boston Celtics Races, nationalities, and their languages African American Religions and their followers Hinduism, Hindus Religious terms for the sacred 1995 2007 by Pearson Education, publishing as LongmanAaron, The little , brown Compact handbook , Sixth EditionEXERCISER evising.

2 Antonia, texas, is a thriving city in city has always offered much to touristsinterested in the roots of spanish settlement of thenew alamo is one of five Catholic Missions built byPriests to convert native americans and to maintainspain s claims in the the alamo is more famous for being the site ofan 1836 battle that helped to created the republic of the nearby Streets, such as Crockett street,are named for men who gave their lives in words as necessary in the following sentences, or substitute smallletters for unnecessary 1995 2007 by Pearson Education, publishing as LongmanAaron, The little , brown Compact handbook , Sixth EditionANSWERS TO Antonio, Texas.

3 Is a thriving city in city has always offered much to touristsinterested in the roots of Spanish settlement of theNew Alamo is one of five Catholic missions built bypriests to convert Native Americans and tomaintain Spain s claims in the the Alamo is more famous for being the site ofan 1836 battle that helped to create the Republic of the nearby streets, such as Crockett Street,are named for men who gave their lives in 1995 2007 by Pearson Education, publishing as LongmanAaron, The little , brown Compact handbook , Sixth EditionTITLES TO BE UNDERLINEDOR ITALICIZEDB ooksWar and PeacePlaysHamletComputer SoftwareMicrosoft InternetExplorerWeb sitesGooglePamphletsPlants of the DesertLong Musical WorksThe Beatles RevolverTelevision and radioprogramsNBC Sports HourLong PoemsBeowulfPeriodicalsBoston GlobePublished speechesGettysburg AddressMovies and videotapesHow to RelaxWorks of visual artPicasso s 1995 2007 by Pearson Education, publishing as LongmanAaron, The little , brown Compact handbook .

4 Sixth EditionABBREVIATIONS FORNONTECHNICAL WRITING Titles before or after proper names Jorge Rodriguez, PhD Familiar abbreviations and acronyms USA, AIDS BC, AD, AM, PM, no., and $ with dates andnumbers , , and other Latin abbreviationswithin parentheses and in source citations Inc., Bros., Co., and & with names ofbusiness 1995 2007 by Pearson Education, publishing as LongmanAaron, The little , brown Compact handbook , Sixth EditionEXERCISER evising: the Sept. 17, 1993, issue of Science magazine,Virgil L. Sharpton discusses a theory that couldhelp explain the extinction of 65 mill.

5 Yrs. ago, a comet or asteroid crashedinto the result was a huge crater about 10 km. ( mi.)deep in the Gulf of s new measurements suggest that thecrater is 50 pct. larger than scientists , drilling cores reveal that thecrater is about 186 mi. wide, roughly the size the following sentences as needed to correct inappropriate use ofabbreviations for nontechnical 1995 2007 by Pearson Education, publishing as LongmanAaron, The little , brown Compact handbook , Sixth EditionANSWERS TO the September 17, 1993, issue of Sciencemagazine, Virgil L.

6 Sharpton discusses a theory thatcould help explain the extinction of 65 million years ago, a comet or asteroidcrashed into the result was a huge crater about 10 kilometers( miles) deep in the Gulf of s new measurements suggest that thecrater is 50 percent larger than scientists , 20-year-old drilling cores reveal that thecrater is about 186 miles wide, roughly the size 1995 2007 by Pearson Education, publishing as LongmanAaron, The little , brown Compact handbook , Sixth EditionNUMBERS Use numerals according to standardpractice in the field you are writing.

7 Use numerals according toconvention for dates, addresses, andother information. Always spell out numbers that 1995 2007 by Pearson Education, publishing as LongmanAaron, The little , brown Compact handbook , Sixth EditionEXERCISER evising: planet Saturn is nine hundred million miles, ornearly one billion five hundred million kilometers,from the year on Saturn equals almost thirty of our , Saturn orbits the sun only two and four-tenthstimes during the average human life travels in its orbit at about twenty-one thousandsix hundred miles per to 20 times denser than Earth s core, Saturn score measures 17,000 miles the following sentences so that numbers are used appropriately fornontechnical 1995 2007 by Pearson Education.

8 Publishing as LongmanAaron, The little , brown Compact handbook , Sixth EditionANSWERS TO planet Saturn is 900 million miles, or nearly kilometers, from the , Saturn orbits the sun only times duringthe average human life travels in its orbit at about 21,600 miles per to twenty times denser than Earth s core,Saturn s core measures seventeen thousand