Universidad Internacional de las Amricas

English 1
Student: Josu Bogantes Jimnez Prof. Blanca Alpzar Homework #2 February 6th, 2014 PUNCTUATION
Full Stop or Period Use a full stop at the end of a sentence. Use full stops with abbreviations (in an abbreviation the last letter of the word and of the abbreviation are not the same). Do not use full stops with contractions (in a contraction the last letter of the word and of the contraction are the same).

Comma Use a comma between items in a series or list. In a sentence, the last two items usually do not need a comma between them as they are separated by "and". However, if one or both of the last two items are long, a comma may be useful. Use a comma between three or more adjectives or adverbs. For two adjectives, use a comma where you could use "and". Use a comma for numbers over 999. (In English, commas separate thousands and periods separate decimals. Note that some languages use the opposite system.) Use a comma for addresses, some dates, and titles following a name. Use a comma before or after direct speech. Do not use a comma for reported speech. Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) to join two independent clauses. If the independent clauses are short and wellbalanced, a comma is optional. Use commas for parenthetical elements. A "parenthetical element" is any part of a sentence that can be removed without changing the real meaning of the sentence. CAPITALIZATION The first word of a sentence Proper nouns Major words in titles of books, articles, and songs Names of God, specific deities, religious figures, and holy books Directions that are names, such as North, South, East, and West when used as sections of the country Days of the week, months of the year, and holidays Seasons, when used in a title Countries, nationalities, and specific languages Names of national, political, racial, social, civic, and athletic groups Trademarks The first word of a sentence following a colon

Initials and acronyms COUNTABLE NOUNS

Countable nouns are easy to recognize. They are things that we can count. For example: "pen". We can count pens. We can have one, two, three or more pens. Here are some more countable nouns:

dog, cat, animal, man, person Countable nouns can be singular or plural. We can use the indefinite article a/an with countable nouns. When a countable noun is singular, we must use a word like a/the/my/this with it. When a contable noun is plural, we can use it alone. We can use some and any with countable nouns. We can use a few and many with countable nouns. People" is countable. "People" is the plural of "person". We can count people. UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

Uncountable nouns are substances, concepts etc that we cannot divide into separate elements. We cannot "count" them. For example, we cannot count "milk". We can count "bottles of milk" or "litres of milk", but we cannot count "milk" itself. Here are some more uncountable nouns:

music, art, love, happiness We usually treat uncountable nouns as singular. We use a singular verb. We do not usually use the indefinite article a/an with uncountable nouns. We cannot say "an information" or "a music". We can use some and any with uncountable nouns. We can use a little and much with uncountable nouns. DESCRIPTIONS

Amanda Anchia

Amanda is a very close friend, Ive known her for six years and we first met at our high school because we were classmates. She is very short, she has very beautiful brown eyes, she has light skin, she has straight hair and her hair is like dark brown, she is a really good person, she is lovely, generous, she is really studious and responsible, sometimes she is shy but she is very cute. She is beautiful and very funny, she is friendly and I can trust her everything, she is Amanda, my friend.

Josu Bogantes

I am tall, Im brunette, I am very hardworking, I think that I responsible, and an honest person, I think that in some specific chances I am very quiet and shy, but if you know me, you are going to know that I am very funny and you can put your trust in me. You will notice that I have brown eyes and a big smile in almost every opportunity.