Capitalization__________ _
Explanation
Use capital letters at the start of a sentence, with proper nouns (particular persons,
places and things), with adjectives that come from proper nouns, for the first and
all of the main words in titles, and for the pronoun 'I.'
Examples
1. Bali is an Indonesian Island.
2. Her name is Mary.
3. She lives in Spain.
4. They live in a Georgian house.
5. The Great Gatsby
6. The Queen of England
Practice
1. it is a lovely day.
2. she was born on tuesday the sixth of june, 1998. she lives at 10 greenstoke
avenue, newbay, bristol.
3. he loved japanese films.
4. joseph conrad’s novel, heart of darkness
5. the university of delaware
6. the second world war
7. in the future i hope that i will be able to visit turkey.
Jared T. Mink
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