Commas and Adjectives with a little Capitalization

Hey you. Yes you. It's Jo. How are you today? Good? Good. Super happy? Good. Super frustrated because you just cannot capitalize, use adjectives, or use commas for the life of you? Good. Because, I am here to help you! Capitalization. Everyone thinks they're a scholar at capitalization. Like me. JUST KIDDING, I'm not a scholar. But anyway! Still! You make those stupid little mistakes and forget rules! So I'm here to remind you of them. And I need to be reminded of these rules all the time. After all. I am just an eighth grader. I still have a lot to learn. Let's start with commas and adjectives. My favorite writing tools! Just ask Marie, I use them both a lot. 

Adjectives and Commas

 ~ When there's a list of adjectives, a series of commas are needed. 

EXCEPT

~When there's a color or number (There were three small round balls)

~When it's possessive (John's)

~When it's a personal pronoun (I, me) 

~Or when it's a proper adjective (He was speaking French)

Red: Adjectives

 Example: Generous , theater subscribers often buy extra yellow tickets for their friends. 

Do you understand? You need a comma between generous and theater because they're adjectives. You don't need a comma between extra and yellow because there's a color. And their is an adjective because it's possessive. 

Ten Rules of Capitalization

Rule #1 Capitalize the first word of every sentence. 

Rule #2 Capitalize the first word of a direct quotation that is a complete sentence. A direct quotation gives a speaker's exact words. 

Rule #3 Capitalize the first word in the salutation (greeting) and closing of a letter. 

Rule #4 Always capitalize the pronoun I. 

Rule #5 When a speaker tag comes between two complete sentences in quotations, capitalize the first word of both quotations. 

Rule #6 In a sentence with an interrupted quotation, the second half of a quotation does not begin with a capital letter.

Rule #7 DO NOT capitalize an indirect quote. 

Rule #8 Capitalize the names of people and initials that stand for their names. 

Rule #9 Capitalize a title or an abbreviation of a title when it comes BEFORE a person's name.

Rule #10 Do NOT capitalize a title used alone or following a person's name, especially if the title is preceded by a, an, or the. 

Sorry if I bored you to death! By the way, I got all this info from my Language Arts class and some worksheets . . . so, I thought I should give my teacher, Mrs. Tohara, credit! So there you go! Bye! 

~JO