On Hwy. 49 at Little Yazoo, 5 miles east of Tinsley Oil Field. Oil was first discovered in Mississippi in 1939 just west of here on the Mississippi River in the Gulf Coast region. The discovery of oil at Tinsley Field in Yazoo County marked the beginning of commercial production of petroleum products in Mississippi. During its first 50 years, 220,000,000 barrels of oil were produced.
Rule 1. Use double quotation marks to set off a direct (word-for-word) quotation. Correct: I hope you will be here, he said. Incorrect: He said that he hoped I would be there.. (The quotation marks are incorrect because hoped I would be there does not state the speaker's exact words.) Rule 2a. Always capitalize the first word in a complete quotation, even midsentence.
Capitalization is the writing of a word with its first letter in uppercase and the remaining letters in lowercase. Experienced writers are stingy with capitals. It is best not to use them if there is any doubt. Rule 1. Capitalize the first word of a document and the first word after a period. Rule 2.Capitalize proper nounsâand adjectives derived from proper nouns. Capitalize not. 2  Do not capitalize a, an, or the unless it is first or last in the title. 3  Do not capitalize the word and, or, or nor unless it is first or last in the title.