Hyphen/apostrophe question?
I am writing a story called "Doctor Fox`s Not So Wonderful Robot" Should the title be written like that, or should it be written as "Doctor Fox`s Not-So-Wonderful Robot"? Also, in the story, when the robot does something, like, "Robot shook its fist at Doctor Fox", would the "its" word be as it is..."its" or should it be "it's`"? Robot shook its`fist at Doctor Fox." Thank you! :)
Abbreviations, Apostrophes, and Hyphens?
Correct the following. The Brown Co Correct the following. Box fourteen Punctuate this sentence. Wont you hurry up, or arent you comin? Punctuate this sentence. Im listenin but I cant hear you.
When to use an apostrophe or hyphen in fictional names?
There are no rules at all for fictional names. The authors go ahead and spell them any way they want. They can add or delete apostrophes, hyphens, upper-case letters, etc all they want. Just pick the one you like best and go with it. You invented the name, and now you invent how it looks in writing. Your choice absolutely. ~~~~~~~~ I like Belling-Gar and Shin'rah. You know why? No reason. It's just the way I feel. Whichever ones you like -- go with those. Best wishes in your project.
What are comma's, parentheses, semicolons, apostrophe's, and hyphens?
There are many websites that can help you out. However, here is a basic run down: This is a comma: , Commas are used when you need to separate parts of a sentence, like this, in basic grammar. Whenever there would be a natural pause in speech you may use a comma. This is an apostrophe: ' Apostrophes are used to denote possessives (John's ball) and contracted actions (John's going to get the ball, rather than John is going to get the ball). Apostrophes are not used with the s when the word is simply being made plural. These are parenthases: ( ) Parenthases are used to add parts of a sentence that don't normally mix. So when you want to write something (and have a bit more to add) you can use them to include extra stuff that doesn't fit elsewhere. This is a semi-colon: ; Semi-colons are used when you need to add a little more onto a sentence but don't have enough to make a full sentence out of the left overs; kinda like this. This is a hyphen: - Hypens are used to join together two words that go together but don't normally get squished together. Like blue-green. Or wolf-dog.
In French, do hyphens and apostrophes join words to one?
Well, they are two words but due to either in writing or sound, ending with a vowel. So, to joint the two vowels, apostrophe or hyphens used to join the two words and form one word. This way two vowels became one and easier to speak. For example: J'aime (My friend) = Je(I) + aime(friend)So, if you see, the words are ending with two vowels e and a. So as per French grammar rules, when two words end with a vowel, then one vowel will be replace by apostrophe or hyphen to form a better word to give an appropriate meaning. Hope it helps. Thank you.
Why do some people have an apostrophe/hyphen in their name?
In Finnish, people who have a double first name usually use the names hyphenated: Jukka-Pekka, Veli-Matti, Pirkko-Liisa, Maija-Leena. In surnames, the hyphen connects the maiden name of a woman to her husbands name if she has chosen to use both names: Setälä-Matikainen, Koskimaa-Kivistö, Virtanen-Koskinen. There are also hyphenated surnames that have their origin in country side farms that have been fused (or similar kind of cases): Vainio-Mattila, Koskela-Koivisto. Names containing attributes such as upper, lower, middle use the hyphen after the attribute: Yli-Salomäki, Ala-Koskela, Keski-Mikkola. In compounds having the word boundary between two similar vowels, the hyphen is used for clarity: Alasaukko-oja. In history, some Finnish people were raised to nobility given them fancy long names translated from Swedish to Finnish: Yrjö Koskinen (first name + surname) became Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen (first name + first name + hyphenated surname) whose son had as peculiar name as Yrjö Koskinen Yrjö-Koskinen of which I'm not sure whether the first Koskinen is counted as a first name even though it is a surname. Some people may have accumulated names that have historical reasons, such as Gallen-Kallela-Sirén where the Gallen-Kallela part is a compromised Finnish translation of the Swedish name Gallén and the third name has probably been inherited from another side of the entire family.
Romanian: Can we use an apostrophe in place of a hyphen to indicate elision?
Actually, in your example the apostrophe would be incorrect. Hyphen is the correct separator. They are not interchangeable.The important rule here is that the aphaeresis of “î” is always done with a hyphen. (this online fragment of the orthographic dictionary explains in detail the rules for using hyphen: 1.2.4. Cratima[36] [-] ). This rule applies quite frequently (e.g. să-mi instead of să îmi, de-nsurat instead of de însurat).There are 2 formal and quite a few informal uses of the apostrophe (see, for example, this article dexonline ).However, I believe you are interested specifically in elisions at the connection of two words, elisions impacting either the ending of the first word or the beginning of the second word.I did not find a list of such rules online, so I will try to summarize.if the dropped sound is “î” as the first sound of the second word, apply the aphaeresis rule (use hyphen)if the dropped sound is the last vowel of the first word AND the second word starts with a vowel, use hyphen (e.g. pân-acasă, instead of până acasă)if the dropped sound is the last vowel of the first word AND the second word starts with a consonant, use apostrophe followed by a space (e.g. pân’ să termin instead of până să termin) - in general, any apostrophe replacing the last part of a word should be followed by a space.apostrophe applies to all the other cases I can think of (but, sadly, I am not 100% sure that I did not miss any other exceptions).This will not help clarify the rules :-) Sometimes (rarely) one can use an apostrophe to replace the hyphen that connects two words (e.g. înșir’te instead of înșiră-te).
3 quick english question i need help with!?
For number 1: When you put two words together such as, "do" and "not", it is called a contraction, and you must show where a letter was dropped. (To remember what a contraction is, see the root of this word: "contract". Contract means to make smaller). So, if the word ends up to be "don't", that means the letter "o" was left out of the word. The apostrophe ( ' ) shows where the letter used to be. Some other contractions which have letters dropped out of them are: will not: won't (who knows why it isn't 'wiln't but probably harder to say) would not: wouldn't - dropped the "o" cannot: can't - dropped the "o" and the extra "n" should not: shouldn't - dropped the "o" I am: I'm - dropped the "a" have not: haven't: dropped the "o" So, the answer to number 1 is APOSTROPHE. Number 2: I would think this would be a slash mark, but it must be the hyphen ( - ). Sometimes it helps to decide what it IS NOT. Couldn't be the quotation marks, or comma, or parentheses. Number 3: This is probably the parentheses. He finally answered (after taking five minutes to think) that he did not understand the question.
Question about alphabetizing names?
When alphabetizing long lists of names for publication, do you consider space, apostrophes and hyphens in people's names, or disregard them? Names like D'Amadeo and O'Brien, when there's one letter followed by an apostrophe. Would these go at the very beginning of the Ds and Os, or would you just ignore the apostrophe? Also many peoples names can be written as more than one word, so there's a space in their name. De Guzman, Van Dyke... do you consider the space, so De Guzman would come before Deakman, and Van Dyke before Vance? The problem I see with this is that some people don't have the space in their name and others do. Wouldn't it be weird for De Guzman do be before Deguzman, De La Cruz to be before Delacruz, Van Dyke to be before Vandyke?