Transcript Capitalizing Words Correctly

Capitalizing Words Correctly
Can You Remember the
Rules for Each Situation?
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Situations affected by the
Rules of Capitalization
1. the first word in a sentence
2. names (of people, places, things)
3. titles (but not all the words)
4. days & months (but not seasons)
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This is the easiest
capitalization rule:
Start every sentence with a capital letter...
He went to the store for milk.
Wait, I'm coming!
There is the book you lost.
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Capitalize Proper Nouns
These include people's names:
George Washington
These also include names of specific
places or things:
New York State
Disneyland
Super Bowl
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Capitalize Titles
Capitalize titles of Books, Magazines, Articles,
Movies, and so on. For example:
Goodnight Moon
Finding Nemo
Local Team Goes to State Finals
But why wasn't
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"to" capitalized?
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That's because we don't capitalize
"minor" words in titles.
Example:
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The 3 Rules for Capitalizing Titles
1. Do capitalize first and last words
2. Do capitalize main words
3. Don't capitalize articles or prepositions
with fewer than four letters
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Capitalize Days and Months
Monday and January
Don't capitalize seasons unless:
1. they are part of a proper name
The Fall Festival
2. they begin a sentence
Winter is beautiful.
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The end.
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