Transcript Capitalization - races, nationalities, and species#26

Capitalization: races,
nationalities, and
species
Mini-Lesson # 26
From the UWF Writing Lab’s
101 Grammar Mini-Lessons Series
Capitalize nationalities
(including nationality-related
words such as languages)
My brother likes cheddar, but he
prefers Swiss cheese on his
hamburgers.
Capitalize species’ names that
include proper nouns
The veterinarian told us he’d never
been bitten by a German shepherd,
but he’d lost his leg to a Doberman
pinscher.
Capitalize races
The scientific study
included Asian men
and women as well as
Caucasians.
The terms black and white
are usually not capitalized;
however, if you capitalize
these terms when referring
to races, you need to be
consistent throughout your
document.
More Examples
• The French bakery makes the best pastry
in the world.
• Fred found his art class on the Italian
Renaissance to be as dull as dishwater.
• I thought it strange that my American
literature professor earned his doctorate at
a Polish university.