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Capitalization Rules

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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Capitalization Rules

It's a matter of respect!
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Capitalize the first word of every sentence.

*Our students are smart cookies.
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Capitalize the pronoun "I"

*I love fall!
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Capitalize the first word, last word, and important words in a title.

*One of my favorite stories is "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".
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Capitalize the names of people, places, and things

*Dr. Perrigot, the White House, Butterfinger
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Capitalize geographical locations but not compass directions

*Boise, Lake Walcott, Northeast
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Capitalize names of celestial bodies

Mars, Saturn, the Milky Way
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Capitalize the names of newspapers and journals but not the word "the"

*the Idaho Statesman
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Capitalize days of the week, months, holidays but not seasons

*My favorite holiday is Christmas, but I don't love winter.
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Capitalize historical events

*World War I, the Dark Ages
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Capitalize races, nationalities, and languages

*English, Swedish, African, French
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Capitalize names of religions and religious terms

*Christians, Jewish, God
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Capitalize names of courses but not general subject names

I am taking English 101; I don't care for math.
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Names of relationships when part of or a substitute for a name

I love going to Grandma's house. My grandpa is funny! We went to visit Uncle Bob.
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Show your respect by capitalizing these proper nouns!

They have earned it!
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Tammy Broadhead