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Identify seven capitalization and punctuation rules that should be applied to this sentence.

toms independence day holiday wasnt spent in california

Capitalize the first word of the sentence.
Use a hyphen between certain compound words and special expressions.
Use italics for the title of a book.
Capitalize people's names and titles used with their names.
Use parentheses around incidental expressions.
Use quotation marks for the title of short works.
Capitalize the names of particular places.
Capitalize the names of languages.
Capitalize names of days of the week, months, and holidays.
Use quotation marks around direct quotes.
Use inside punctuation with direct quotes.
Punctuate entire sentences outside question marks as indicated by meaning.
Use correct end punctuation for the type of sentence.
Use an apostrophe in contractions to indicate the missing letter(s).
Use an apostrophe to correctly indicate singular or plural possession.
Capitalize words in a title except for articles and prepositions.
Use a comma before a direct quote.

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Capitalize the first word of the sentence.

Capitalize people's names and titles used with their names.

Capitalize the names of particular places.

Capitalize names of days of the week, months, and holidays.

Use correct end punctuation for the type of sentence.

Use a comma before a direct quote.

User Dieter Meemken
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