Capitalization
The problems of capitalization arise because English is made up of so many different languages, and we’ve taken some of our capitalization rules from one language and some from another. The simple explanation of our capitalization rule is that we capitalize proper nouns and the first word of a sentence. Naturally, there are exceptions to the rule, so it’s best to look something up if you’re not sure. A good grammar book or the internet will prove invaluable in this case. There are many websites which will guide you to the capitalization rules for academic writing formats.
Modern methods of communication (texting, e-mail, etc.) make for some fairly sloppy capitalization standards; you may find it difficult to switch from one standard to the other. If you find this to be the case, make the effort to maintain capitalization at all times.
- Capitalization At Beginning Of Sentence
- Capitalization: Proper Nouns And Words Derived From Them
- Capitalization: The Pronoun I
- Capitalization: Family Relationships (when used as proper names)
- Capitalization: The Names Of God, Specific Deities, Religious Figures, And Holy Books
- Capitalization: Titles Preceding And Following Names
- Capitalization: Directions That Are Names
- Capitalization: The Days Of The Week, The Months Of The Year, And Holidays (But Not The Seasons Used Generally)
- Capitalization: Seasons When Used In A Title
- Capitalization: The Names Of Countries, Nationalities, And Specific Languages
- Capitalization: The First Word In A Sentence That Is A Direct Quote
- Capitalization: The Major Words In The Titles Of Books, Articles, And Songs
- Capitalization: Members Of National, Political, Racial, Social, Civic, And Athletic Groups
- Capitalization: Periods And Events (but not century numbers)
- Capitalization: Trademarks
- Capitalization: First Word After A Colon If It Begins An Independent Clause
- Capitalization: call letters of radio and television stations