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Essential Capitalization Rules Explained

1. Capitalization rules outline when to use capital letters in sentences and for proper nouns. Specific examples are provided for capitalizing the first word of sentences, proper nouns like names and titles, major words in titles, names of deities and holy books, directions used as regions, days/months/holidays, seasons in titles, countries and languages, historical periods and events, groups, trademarks, quotes, and poetry lines. Initials and acronyms are also always capitalized.

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Essential Capitalization Rules Explained

1. Capitalization rules outline when to use capital letters in sentences and for proper nouns. Specific examples are provided for capitalizing the first word of sentences, proper nouns like names and titles, major words in titles, names of deities and holy books, directions used as regions, days/months/holidays, seasons in titles, countries and languages, historical periods and events, groups, trademarks, quotes, and poetry lines. Initials and acronyms are also always capitalized.

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CAPITALIZATION RULES

1. Capitalize the first word of a sentence.


Example :
1. Start a sentence with a capital letter.

2. Capitalize proper nouns


Example (names of relative when used as proper name):
1. She spoke to Mother about the bill, but not to her father.

Example (titles preceding a name):


1. Over 2,000 people attended the rally for Governor Brown.

Exception (Do not capitalize titles that follow names):


1. Over 2,000 people attended the rally for Harold Brown, governor of Texas.

do not capitalize
Example (titles used in direct address):
1. Wepreciate your hard work, Governor.

3. Capitalize major words in titles of books, articles, and songs


Example :
1. Have you read Melville’s great novel, Moby Dick?

4. Capitalize name of God, specific deities, religious figures, and holy books.
Example :
1. gods : Buddha, Zeus, God the Father, Allah
2. religious figures : Moses, Mohammed, the Virgin Mary
3. holy books : the Bible, the Koran, the Bagavad Ghita

5. Capitalize directions that are names, such as North, South, East, and West when used as sections
of the country.
Example:
1. The Patels have moved to the Southwest.

6. Capitalize days of the week, months of the year, and holidays.


Example :
1. Friday
2. October
3. Halloween

7. Capitalize seasons, when used in a title.


Example :
1. Jones took a course in checmistry during Spring 2015 semester.

8. Capitalize countries, nationalities, and specific languages.


Example :
1. Peru
2. Chinese
3. Filipino

9. Capitalize periods and events.


Example :
1. Victorian Era
2. Renaissance
3. Constitutional Convention

10. Capitalize names of national, political, racial, social, civic, and athletic groups.
Example :
1. Baltimore Orioles
2. Kiwanis Club
3. House of Representative

11. Capitalize trademarks.


Example :
1. Pepsi
2. Apple
3. Sony
4. Toyota

12. Capitalize the first word in a sentence that is a direct quote, even if the direct quote comes in
the middle of a sentence.
Example :
1. Timidly, the student asked, “May we turn in our papers late?”

13. Capitalize the first word of a sentence following a colon.


Example :
1. Joe’s late arrival at the meeting really made no difference : He had nothing important to add.
14. Capitalize the first word in each line of most poetry.
Example :
1. Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
(from “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost)

15. Capitalize the single-letter word, first person pronoun I.


Exam. ple :
1. Everyone is aware of the problems I encountered on the trip.

16. Capitalize salutations and closing in letters – first word only unless proper name is used.
Example :
1. Salutations : Dear student, My dear friend
2. Closings : Yours truly, Love, With much love

17. Capitalize initials, initialisms, and acronyms.


Example :
1. initials : J. W Randolph, Clarence Jerome S. Delos Santos,
2. initialisms : FBI, DVD, ABS-CBN, DENR

18. Capitalize name of the planets.


Example :
1. Mars
2. Earth
3. Jupiter

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