What I Learned from School
By Macarrosel
@Macarrosel (7498)
Philippines
May 7, 2016 9:08pm CST
I know anything goes here in myLot and I admit I'm not perfect in grammar. But I just want to share what I learned from school, about the basics in putting the correct title of a discussion. So please allow me to post this one.
I remember when I was in school, our English teacher taught us how to make a story and this includes putting a good title on it. In the title, we were taught that the first letter of every word in the title should be in a capital letter. But some types of words, like conjunctions, definite and indifinite articles, prepositions, and some others, are excluded to be capitalized unless they are at the beginning of the title.
Well, anyone can add or correct me if I was wrong.
What have you learned from school?
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8 responses
@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
8 May 16
My mother is a teacher major in English from a prestigious university in our country (U.P.)but never practiced her profession because she helped my dad in his business since it was more profitable financial wise when we were growing up but she always saw to it that we kids always did the right thing.
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@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
8 May 16
@Macarrosel modesty aside she's a very intelligent woman, at age 83 now she still sees to it that her grandchildren write and speak English the proper way. If I have things like letters or compositions for my business I still read it to her to ask a second opinion
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@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
8 May 16
UP? Wow! You must be proud of your mother then, Well, our mothers always want us to do the right thing in anything we do. Thanks louievill for sharing your thoughts.
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@jobelbojel (36791)
• Philippines
8 May 16
You are definitely correct. The following parts of speech are generally capitalized in creating a title.
Nouns
Adjectives
Verbs
Adverbs
Pronouns
Subordinating conjunctions (as, because, that)
I Place the Basket on Top of the Table
Noticed that "the" "on" aren't capitalized.
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@jobelbojel (36791)
• Philippines
8 May 16
@Macarrosel I actually research that, since I can't remember all. I know that we can place anything here without being mindful of the technicality. But your discussion is a simple reminder worthy to be shared or liked. I am no expert too however I like learning especially if it will enrich my grammar.
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@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
10 May 16
@jobelbojel thank you for your nice comment in my discussion and reacting positively here.
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@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
8 May 16
Thanks for sharing added information of my discussion. These really help a lot. I highly appreciated your effort of sharing what you got from school. Again thank you nerdieeds.
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@toniganzon (77064)
• Philippines
8 May 16
I think we all learned that one. But like what you said anything goes here on myLot and we don't have to be bothered by how people create their titles here.
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@toniganzon (77064)
• Philippines
8 May 16
@Macarrosel do we get high grades when we become very technical here? Do people not comment if we break the technical rules we learned from school? I know we get banned if we break mylot rules. but nowhere in the mylot rules said we have to be putting up a perfect technical title.
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@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
8 May 16
@toniganzon high grades? myLot rules? very technical? Why are you talking all of these, when I never said anything about them.. FYI, I'm just sharing my thoughts here, and I'm not mentioning or implying anything negative to anyone. Why are you acting negatively on my discussion? I never said that anyone violates the rules here. I never said we should put the correct title here. I just shared what I learned from school.
Honestly, I cannot think of a good topic to post here that's why I posted this discussion without any intention to offend anyone. But if anyhow, you're being offended, which I really don't know why, then I'm so so sorry. Well, I admit I am bothered reading a discussion without putting a correct title, but that's all. I have no write to judge anyone here on anything they do for I know I'm not perfect. Even my grammars are not perfect here. I hope you understand what I'm trying to explain here. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts here.
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@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
8 May 16
Yeah, I know that you know everything. I just posted this one as a reminder for those who forget what they were taught in school about it. If you're not bothered, well, I am. Thanks anyway.
@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
8 May 16
Yeah, Definitely we were taught that way. Thanks Juliaacv.
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@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
8 May 16
Yeah, thanks Jo Ann for sharing your thoughts in my discussion. I highly appreciated it.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
8 May 16
Thanks for sharing this. At times we have to go back to the basics of what we learned at school.
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@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
8 May 16
Yeah, going back to the basics really help us to improve our craft. Thanks acelawrite for responding positively in my discussion.
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
8 May 16
yes, i capitalize each word in my title. it's just my way of making sure each word stands out since we all tend to speed-read online.
i may not capitalize in responses and comments, but i'm "proper" when i make my own post. again, just personal preference.
but if i see sOmEtHiNg LiKe ThIs I sKiP iT aT oNcE
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
26 Feb 18
It has been so long since I have been in school that I forgot alot that I learned. What you said about the capital letters I remember that .I also learned that a noun is person, place or thing I think. The others I have a problem with.
