Thursday, October 8, 2009

Capitalization


Why capitalize?
Always for the pronoun "I"
to begin a sentence
to Begin a direct quotation
the first word of a greeting or closing of a letter
Proper nouns
    days of the week, holidays, and months of the year
    the name of a language
    
Proper adjectives
Initialisms
Forms of address (Mr., Aunt, President when used as part of the name)
    the official title of a human being when used with that person’s name
Initials in someone’s name
First and last word and important words in a title