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WHAT you ShOuLd cAPITALIZE. And WHY!. The RULES. Capitalize the first word of a sentence Capitalize the first word of a quoted sentence Capitalize PROPER NOUNS (names) Names of religions Names of races Names of languages - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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WHAT you ShOuLd cAPITALIZE
And WHY!
The RULES1) Capitalize the first word of a sentence
1) Capitalize the first word of a quoted sentence
2) Capitalize PROPER NOUNS (names)1) Names of religions
2) Names of races
3) Names of languages
4) Names of regions (Capitalize compass directions when preceded by the word “the”.)
3) Capitalize the “big” words in titles
The RULES1) Capitalize the first word of a sentence
1) Capitalize the first word of a quoted sentence
My hat fell in the toilet.
Capitalize the first word of a sentence.
Capitalize the first word in a QUOTED sentence.
The drunk said, “My hat fell in the toilet.”
The RULES1) Capitalize the first word of a sentence
1) Capitalize the first word of a quoted sentence
2) Capitalize PROPER NOUNS (names)1) Names of religions
2) Names of races
3) Names of languages
4) Names of regions (Capitalize compass directions when preceded by the word “the”.)
Mary & Terry O’Leery went out with Larry & Barry Perry.
Capitalize names (PROPER NOUNS)
Salt Lake City is the greatest city in the world for lovers of
salt.
Father Johnson is a Catholic priest.
Capitalize names of religions
Zoroastrians are the coolest! Yeah!
Father Johnson is Caucasian and Sister O’Leery is African
American.
Capitalize names of races
He is white and she is black.
but
The hatless drunk speaks English.
Capitalize names of languages
Father Johnson speaks Swahili.
The hatless drunk is from the South.
Capitalize names of regions
Father Johnson is from western Africa.
but
The RULES1) Capitalize the first word of a sentence
1) Capitalize the first word of a quoted sentence
2) Capitalize PROPER NOUNS (names)1) Names of religions
2) Names of races
3) Names of languages
4) Names of regions (Capitalize compass directions when preceded by the word “the”.)
3) Capitalize the “big” words in titles
My favorite book is The Man Who Came All the Way from the Moon Only to Realize That the Earth Is
Not Made of Cheese.
Capitalize the “big” words in titlesKeep the LITTLE words small:
a, an, the, but, as, if, and, or, nor, “prepositions”
A couple of other random points:
1) Capitalize a person’s title:I went to see Dr. Jones.
Pastor Johnson scolded Rabbi McGillicutty over the lasagna incident.
2) Some weird abbreviations:1) Ph.D.
2) U-turn
3) I-beams
These sentences need a little help!
my pet goat ate my favorite pair of gucci
boots.
My pet goat ate my favorite pair of Gucci
boots.
llamas live in the southern part of
uzbekistan.
Llamas live in the southern part of
Uzbekistan.
on tuesday I ate mexican food with my
friend wolfgang humperdink.
On Tuesday I ate Mexican food with my
friend Wolfgang Humperdink.
wolfgang is from the southern united
states
Wolfgang is from the southern United
States.
my goat, francis mcgillicutty, used to be episcopalian, but
now he’s atheist.
My goat, Francis McGillicutty, used to be Episcopalian, but
now he’s atheist.
francis lost his faith after the incident
with the lasagna and the portuguese rabbi.
Francis lost his faith after the incident with
the lasagna and the Portuguese rabbi.
the angry clock explosion guy, fred,
says, “yo, let’s read us some shakespeare!”
The angry clock explosion guy, Fred,
says, “Yo, let’s read us some Shakespeare!”
The RULES1) Capitalize the first word of a sentence
1) Capitalize the first word of a quoted sentence
2) Capitalize PROPER NOUNS (names)1) Names of religions
2) Names of races
3) Names of languages
4) Names of regions (Capitalize compass directions when preceded by the word “the”.)
3) Capitalize the “big” words in titles