Understanding Rules for Capitalization & Punctuation

The following possessive pronouns never taken an apostrophe: his, hers, ours, yours, theirs, whose

A colon can be used before you begin listing items in a series.

A comma can be used . .

You can use a dash for a less formal interruption of the main idea. Dashes are seldom used in formal writing.

Seasons are always capitalized

A colon can be used between the title and a subtitle of a book in writing.

A semicolon is used to join two independent clauses whose ideas or sentence structures are related.

Places, People, Nationalities, and Geographical directions are always capitalized

Quotation marks are used when you copy word for word from a source.