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Help the Nova with Grammar - Mal Nova - 06-03-2011
OK... I know I get ragged on for my typo's and grammar problems... so lets see if I can work on it a bit yeah?
OK... do I, or don't I capitalize the name of a race?
IE: 'The Namek glared his furious gaze'
Does 'Namek' need to be capitalized? Why or why not?
Help the Nova with Grammar - Jonathan Meer - 06-03-2011
It does need to be capitalized, because that is convention.
Help the Nova with Grammar - Super Buu - 06-03-2011
To give a proper (pun intended) response: All proper nouns are capitalised. Proper nouns are basically names of people or places. Countries, cities, towns, people, all capitalised.
Help the Nova with Grammar - Belle Hibiki - 06-03-2011
Calling someone a Namek, capitalized, seems odd when you think about it. It's short for namekian, isn't it? Do we capitalize "human" like a proper noun? Or earthling?
Meh.
Help the Nova with Grammar - Super Buu - 06-03-2011
^Correct.
Help the Nova with Grammar - Celena - 06-04-2011
Oh? I've never capitalized planets and races. I guess you learn something new everyday.
Help the Nova with Grammar - Super Buu - 06-04-2011
Soo tempted to make a thread called Help the Celena with Reading Comprehension.
Help the Nova with Grammar - Celena - 06-04-2011
Do it!
Help the Nova with Grammar - Alexander Trafford - 06-04-2011
Mal Nova Wrote:OK... I know I get ragged on for my typo's and grammar problems... so lets see if I can work on it a bit yeah?
OK... do I, or don't I capitalize the name of a race?
IE: 'The Namek glared his furious gaze'
Does 'Namek' need to be capitalized? Why or why not?
Depends on how you use it. I don't say 'The Human glared furiously'. I say 'The human glared furiously'. Human in this case is not a proper noun, it's just a regular, plain-old noun. If you're using Namek as a proper noun, as in 'I want to venture to the planet Namek', then, yes, you need to capitalize the word.
Help the Nova with Grammar - Mal Nova - 06-04-2011
What about Mystic(it's also the name of a Race I roleplay with)?
I feel that saying, 'The mystic grabbed his sword' undermines that it is actually the name of his race.
Help the Nova with Grammar - Super Buu - 06-04-2011
I don't think capitalizing the first word would really indicate that it means his race anyway. Leave it uncapped.
Help the Nova with Grammar - Mal Nova - 06-05-2011
I use to call Tapion a mystic and elvish
But Enroshia is a Mystic
Help the Nova with Grammar - Mal Nova - 06-20-2011
"Name", he asked.
Is it
"Name?", he asked.
Or what exactly?
Help the Nova with Grammar - Victoria - 06-20-2011
Never put your punctuation outside of quotes unless you're referencing something.
"Name?" he asked.
You don't need a comma if you're dialog is a question. If it's simple speech,
"Mal Nova," he replied.
As for referencing something...
Example:
I was reading this thing, and it said "That's great stuff!", but I didn't really understand it.
Does that help?
Help the Nova with Grammar - Mal Nova - 06-20-2011
Yes. But aren't you suppose to capitalize ..
He in
"Name?" he asked.
As well as He in...
"Mal Nova," he replied.
And But in...
I was reading this thing, and it said "That's great stuff!", but I didn't really understand it.
Or did I miss that class to?
Help the Nova with Grammar - Victoria - 06-20-2011
No, you only capitalize a word is it's a proper place (aka, McDonalds) or a name (Henry, Bob), or the beginner of a sentence. Like this.
Quote:Dialogue and capitalization don’t seem to be a very good combination for people. You don’t capitalize the very next word after a quotation mark unless it is the beginning of a new sentence that has no relation to the previous dialogue, unless it’s “I,” “I’m,” or “I’ve.”
Dialogue is like a sentence all in its own. When someone speaks, you don't capatlaize the next work unless you ended the sentence.
"I don't have any idea," he said.
I don't have any idea, he said.
"I don't have any idea," he said. "There was something about her." The man turned, and made to leave the room.
So, typically, if you make someone say something, never capitalize "he said" "she said" "murmured" "laughed", anything that would indicate them saying something. The way I learned, is if they're doing an ACTION, you can end it.
"I saw it! Over there!" The boy ran away, waving his hands wildly.
"I saw it! Over there!" he cried, and ran away, waving his hands wildly.
As for the "but", no, because the exclamation point was within the quotations. You were inserting the direct quote from another source, within a sentence.
Have you read http://www.cdbzrpg.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17671 The Roleplaying Guide? It helped me work on my dialogue, I used to do a lot of:
"Here." She said.
That is improper.
Help the Nova with Grammar - Mal Nova - 06-20-2011
I read that guide when I came back... Or glanced it. I was already a writer on this site... figured it was for the new guys.
I'd rather do it my way better, because I can remember this way. And it gets people like you talking
Edit:I really do appreciate the help though.
Help the Nova with Grammar - Kayne - 07-26-2011
If you want, we have some really awesome grammar guides in my school eLibrary (that is not accessible to the public) that I can copy/paste into some word documents and send to you if you want. Let me know so I can start, k?
Help the Nova with Grammar - Victoria - 07-26-2011
Wouldn't that be the same as the RP guide? He said he prefers doing it this way.
Help the Nova with Grammar - Jonathan Meer - 07-26-2011
Your way is wrong and irritating to read and I think less of you as a writer for it.