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Capitalization
Capitalization means using a capital letter at the head of a word. When we capitalize words, we set them apart from other words to highlight a special quality. In this lesson, you will learn how to follow capitalization rules.
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People
Places
Organizations
Things
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Planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune Other
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Gods
Religious figures
Sacred books
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Regions
Rivers
Lakes
Mountains
Mountains
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Particular Course
Educational Institutions
Degree
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People
Places
Things
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Countries
States
Cities
Nationalities
Specific Languages
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Titles Preceding Names
Direct Address
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Books and stories
Poems
Songs
Magazines and Newspapers
Works of Art
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Once there was a little boy, With curly hair and pleasant eye- A boy who always told the truth, And never, never told a lie. (From "The Boy Who Never Told a Lie." Anonymous.) |
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Acronyms
Initials
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Days
Months
Holidays
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Capitalization
- Capitalize family relations when used as a proper name.
- Capitalize proper nouns like the names of specific people, places, organizations, and specific things.
- Capitalize the first word in a sentence, first word after colon, and the first word of a direct quotation.
- Capitalize names of planets and other celestial objects.
- Capitalize names of regions, rivers, lakes, mountains, and oceans.
- Capitalize names of gods, specific deities, religious figures, and sacred books.
- Capitalize names of countries, states, cities, nationalities, languages.
- Capitalize names of educational institutes, degrees, particular courses.
- Capitalize proper adjectives describing specific people, places, and things.
- Capitalize titles of people.
- Capitalize the first word in every line of a poem.
- Capitalize the pronoun I and contractions - I've, I'd, I'm etc.
- Capitalize the main words in the titles of books, stories and poems, films, works of art, magazines, newspaper, essays, and songs.
- Capitalize historical events or periods and documents.
- Capitalize names of departments, national, political, social, racial, civic, and athletic groups.
- Capitalize acronyms and initials.
- Capitalize brand names and trademarks.
- Capitalize name of season used in a title.
- Capitalize directions when used as names.
- Capitalize the days of the week, months of the year, and holidays.