Question

ten - minute grammar day one capitalization
identify the capitalization errors in the following sentences and re - write the words that 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 language 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):

1. 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:

Proper nouns like city names, book titles, nationalities, languages, people's titles and names, and the start of a sentence should be capitalized.

1. "new york city" should be "New York City" as it's a proper - noun for a city.
2. "sights to see in the city" should be "Sights to See in the City" if it's a book title.
3. "english" should be "English" as it's a language.
4. "officer" should be "Officer" as it's part of a person's title.
5. "can" should be "Can" as it starts a direct - quote sentence.
6. "statue of liberty" should be "Statue of Liberty" (a proper noun), "united states" should be "United States", "french" should be "French", "mayor" before "Bloomberg" should be "Mayor", "mom" and "dad" should be "Mom" and "Dad" when used as names, "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 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."