Question

ten - minute grammar day one capitalization identify the capitalization errors in the following sentences and re - write the words that need to be changed (there is at least one in each sentence): 1. we went to new york city last year. 2. i brought a book called sights to see in the city. 3. there were a ton of people there, and many of them spoke languages other than english. 4. at the world trade center memorial, we met an awesome cop named officer fernandez. 5. when it was time to leave, i asked my parents, “can we come back next year?” correct any words with capitalization errors in the following paragraph (there are 11 incorrect words in all): 6. one of my favorite parts of the trip was seeing the statue of liberty. i learned that it was a gift to the united states from the french. on another day, we met the mayor; his name was mayor bloomberg. mom and dad thought it was outrageous how expensive everything was. dad said, “next year we’re going to las vegas.” wordplay - just for fun! eight letters: create as many words as you can using three or more of the letters below (at least one eight - letter word is possible): rudotasw

Explanation:

1. Proper nouns like city names should be capitalized. "new york city" should be "New York City".
2. Book titles should have capitalized main - words. "sights to see in the city" should be "Sights to See in the City".
3. Languages are proper nouns and should be capitalized. "english" should be "English".
4. Titles before names are capitalized. "officer Fernandez" should be "Officer Fernandez".
5. The first word in a direct quote should be capitalized. "can we come back" should be "Can we come back".
6. "statue of liberty" should be "Statue of Liberty", "united states" should be "United States", "french" should be "French", "mayor" before a name should not be capitalized when not used as a title alone ("mayor Bloomberg" should be "Mayor Bloomberg"), and "las vegas" should be "Las Vegas".

Answer:

1. We went to New York City last year.
2. I brought a book called Sights to See in the City.
3. There were a ton of people there, and many of them spoke languages other than English.
4. At the World Trade Center Memorial, we met an awesome cop named Officer Fernandez.
5. When it was time to leave, I asked my parents, "Can we come back next year?"
6. One of my favorite parts of the trip was seeing the Statue of Liberty. I learned that it was a gift to the United States from the French. On another day, we met the Mayor; his name was Mayor Bloomberg. Mom and dad thought it was outrageous how expensive everything was. Dad said, "Next year we're going to Las Vegas."