CAPITALIZATION

What is capitalization?

Capitalization is when a letter in a sentence is uppercase and all the other letters are lowercase.

RULES

• First word of a sentence is capitalized.
• Proper nouns are capitalized.
• The persons occupation when writitng a letter.
• Seasons aren't capitalized.
• Religions are also capitalized.

RULES CONT.

• Languages
• Trademarks
• Seasons when direct title
• Geological features
• Days of week, months

EXAMPLES:

• The dog is named Max.
• She slid down the slide.
• My family lives in Houston, Texas.
• Christmas is my favorite holiday.
• Mercury is the first planet in our solar system.

EXAMPLES CONT.

• Spanish
• Pepsi
• Summer is a season.
• North America
• Monday

SOURCES

• en.wikipedia.com
• towson.edu
• grammar.yourdictionary.com
• grammarly.com
• grammarbook.com

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