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by Cy Twombly.
CAPITALIZATION RULES
a)Capitalize the first word in every sentence.
*Let’s play baseball.
b)Traditionally, the first word of a line of poetry is capitalized.
*We real cool. We
Left school. We . . .
c)Capitalize the first word of a directly quoted sentence.
*Eduardo wondered, “Where did I put my backpack?”
d)Capitalize the first word in both the salutation and closing of a letter.
*Dear Service Manager:
*Sincerely,
e)Capitalize the pronoun I and the interjection O!
*“Exult O shores and ring O bells!” is a line from Walt Whitman’s poem “O Captain! My Captain!”
*The play was a hit, but oh, how nervous I was.
f)Capitalize proper nouns and proper adjectives.
f1)Capitalize the names of persons and animals.
*My dog’s name is Sparky.
f2)Capitalize the initials in names and abbreviations that come before or after names.
*John Macintosh, Jr.
f3)Capitalize geographical names.
*We live in Houston.
f4)Capitalize the names of organizations, teams, government bodies, and institutions.
*The Bellaire Bird Keepers keep our mascot safe.
f5)Capitalize the names of historical events and periods, special events, holidays, and other calendar items.
*New Year’s Day, August, World War II, Special Olympics
Note: The names of season are generally not capitalized
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f6)Capitalize the names of nationalities, races, and peoples.
*Canadian, Korean, Texan
f7)Capitalize the names of religions and their followers, holy days and celebrations, sacred writings, and specific deities.
*Judaism, Buddhism, Lent, Rosh Hashanah, Bible, Koran, Allah
f8)Capitalize the names of business and the brand names of business products.
* Verizon, Walmart, Chick-fil-A
f9)Capitalize the names of planets, stars, constellations, and other heavenly bodies.
*Orion, the Milky Way, Jupiter
f10)Capitalize the names of ships, trains, aircraft, and spacecraft.
*Columbia, Sputnik, Argo
f11)Capitalize the names of awards, memorials, and monuments.
*Lincoln Memorial, Nobel Prize, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
f12)Capitalize the names of particular buildings and other structures.
*Golden Gate Bridge, the Alamo, Great Wall of China
g)Do not capitalize the names of school subjects, except the names of language classes or course names that contain a number.
*This year, I am taking geometry, English, civics, Drafting I, and a foreign language. Next year I plan to take American government, English, trigonometry, Biology I, and Spanish.
h)Capitalize titles.
h1)Capitalize a person’s title when the title comes before the person’s name.
*President Kennedy, Dr. Doolittle, Friar Tuck
Generally, a title that is used alone or following a person’s name is not capitalized, especially if the title is preceded by a or the:
*We saw the mayor at the park.
h2)Capitalize a word showing a family relationship when the word is used before or in place of a person name, unless the word follows a possessive noun or pronoun.
*Uncle Jack, Cousin Joshua
*my uncle Jack, your cousin Joshua, Kim’s grandfather
h3)Capitalize the first and last words and all important words in titles and subtitles.
Unimportant words in a title include:
articles: a, an, the
short prepositions: (fewer than five letters): of, to, for, from, in, over
coordinating conjunctions: and, but, for, nor, or, so, yet
the sign of the infinitive: to
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