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.
I am sometimes surprised that so few people know which words are supposed to be capitalized in a title and which are not, because the rules are so few and so simple.~These are the words that should be capitalized: ~ The first and last words of the title.~ All nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives. ~ Any conjunction or preposition of five letters or more --(This is optional. You can choose to go with an older rule that says not to capitalize prepositions or conjunctions regardless of length. am sometimes surprised that so few people know which words are supposed to be capitalized in a title and which are not, because the rules are so few and so simple. ~These are the words that should be capitalized: ~ The first and last words of the title.