Transcript Capitalization compass# 29

Mini-Lesson #29
Capitalization: Compass Directions vs. Geographical Areas
From the UWF Writing Lab’s 101 Grammar Mini-Lessons Series
So, what gets capitalized, you ask?
1. Names of specific
places
2. Bodies of water
3. Regions, but not
compass directions
Let’s try one…
Fred told me that mount St. Helen is not a good
place to build a house.
Mount St. Helen
Practice Makes Perfect!
Makes
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coldest lake
I have Perfect!
ever swum in is lake
Bakal.
Lake Bakal
One One
moremore
for good
measure…
for good
measure.
Bob was born and
raised in Dixie, but he
moved to the west
coast to find his dream.
West Coast