Capitalization

Capitalization

Proper Nouns
1. Organizations and products
  1. Coca Cola
  2. Caoni
  3. Supermaxi
2. Names of people
  1. Real people
    1. The name of the teacher is Monica Viteri.
  2. Fictional people
    1. My favorite character is Harry Potter.
  3. Specific family members (with or without the name) when it replaces the name
    1. My Uncle John is coming next week.
    2. My Mom is here.
3. Names of places/ Structures
  1. Languages
    1. I speak Spanish.
    2. I don't speak Chinese.
    3. I want to learn French.
  2. Cities
    1. I love Manta.
    2. There is pollution in Beijing.
    3. The most romantic city is Paris.
  3. Countries
    1. I live in Ecuador.
    2. He comes from China.
    3. Champagne is from France.
  4. Buildings / Other named structures
    1. We can visit the Virgin of El Panecillo.
    2. The Great Wall of China is enormous.
    3. The Eiffel Tower is a landmark of France.
4. Proper Adjectives
  1. Nationalities
    1. I am Ecuadorian.
    2. He is Russian.
    3. They are German.
  2. Religions
    1. He is a Buddhist.
    2. We are Catholic.
    3. They are Muslims.
5. Titles (don't capitalize articles, prepositions or conjunctions)
  1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
6. Specific Dates
  1. Months
    1. My birthday is on July.
  2. Days
    1. I study on Monday.
  3. Holidays
    1. My favorite holiday is Christmas.
Always capitalize the pronoun "I"
1. Including when used in a contraction
First Letter of the first word of a sentence.
1. Also with quotations when they start a sentence.

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	Created by Bernard Fassett over 5 years ago