Match the definition to the term.

Question

1. that which had being before something else
dialectal
2. a punctuation mark used to mark possession and the missing letters/sounds of contractions
capitalization
3. happening as a minor result or by chance
pre-existent
4. the act of assigning an upper-case letter to a word
quotation marks
5. curved brackets which enclose written material
incidental
6. words pertaining to a different region of the country
hyphen
7. a punctuation mark used to divide words, word parts, or numbers
inclusive
8. comprising everything; comprehensive
apostrophe
9. slanted cursive or type characters
italics
10. a shortened form of a word
parentheses
11. punctuation marks which enclose quoted material
abbreviation
12. consisting of diverse things or members
miscellaneous
13. uninfluenced by emotion; based on the factual
objective

Answer 1

Here are the matched definitions to the terms:

1. pre-existent - that which had being before something else
2. apostrophe - a punctuation mark used to mark possession and the missing letters/sounds of contractions
3. incidental - happening as a minor result or by chance
4. capitalization - the act of assigning an upper-case letter to a word
5. parentheses - curved brackets which enclose written material
6. dialectal - words pertaining to a different region of the country
7. hyphen - a punctuation mark used to divide words, word parts, or numbers
8. inclusive - comprising everything; comprehensive
9. italics - slanted cursive or type characters
10. abbreviation - a shortened form of a word
11. quotation marks - punctuation marks which enclose quoted material
12. miscellaneous - consisting of diverse things or members
13. objective - uninfluenced by emotion; based on the factual