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Capital Letters, Numbers, and Italics
- I am not going to spend time reviewing capital letters, but if you have questions, please check the textbook for the correct way to use them. College writers should simply not make mistakes here.
- One thing I will say is that in academic writing, you need to spell out numbers from one through ninety-nine and use numerals for 100 and higher. Also, numbers that start sentences should always be spelled out. Use numerals for page and chapter numbers, for percentages, and for addresses and dates.
- Finally, Italics or underlining are used in the following situations:
- Titles: use italics on the computer and underlining in handwriting for titles of long works like books, newspapers, magazines, journals, movies, and plays.
- Foreign words: use italics (on the computer) and underlining (handwriting) to set off foreign words.
This is the end of our review for now. The next thing we will review is a document on common errors in grammar and punctuation. Watch for it!
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