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MECHANICS
CAPITALIZATION
SOURCES
Berry, Chris, and Allen Brizee. "Welcome to the Purdue OWL." Purdue OWL: Capital Letters. N.p.,
19 Jan. 2011. Web. 15 Sept. 2012. <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/592/1/
>.
The FIRST WORDS of a SENTENCE
Examples:
• When he tells a joke, he sometimes forgets the punch line.
• During a hill workout he sometimes forgets to breath.
The PRONOUN NOUN "I"
Examples:
• The food store was closed so I came back home.
• Yesterday I ran ten miles nonstop on the track.
PROPER NOUNS
Example:
• Golden Gate Bridge
• United Nations
• Supreme Court
(Names of specific people, places, organizations, and sometimes things)
NAMES of GOD, SPECIFIC DEITIES, RELIGIOUS FIGURES, and HOLY BOOKS
Examples:
Names of God
Specific Deities
Religious Figures
Holy Books
CHRISTIANITY Jehovah NA Jesus Bible
SIKHISM Waheguru NAGuru
Nanak SahibGuru
Granth Sahib
ISLAM Allah NA Abraham Quran
HINDUISM Bhagwan Agni NA Vedas
TITLES PRECEDING NAMES
Examples:• She worked as the assistant to Mayor Hanolovi.
Exception:(DON'T CAPITALIZE TITLES that FOLLOW NAMES)
Examples:
• She worked as the assistant to George Hanolovi, mayor of some city.
DIRECTION DESCRIBING SECTIONS of the COUNTRY
Examples:• Northeast
• Southwest
Exception:(DON'T CAPITALIZE COMPASS DIRECTIONS )
Examples:• Jim's house is two miles north of Otterbein.
DAYS of the WEEK, MONTH, HOLIDAYS
Examples:• Monday, January, Halloween, etc...
Exception:(DON'T CAPITALIZE SEASONS, EXCEPT in a TITLE )
Examples:• The Fall 2012 semester
NAMES of COUNTRIES, NATIONALITIES, AND
SPECIFIC LANGUAGESExamples:
• United States, Indian, and Punjabi
FIRST WORD in a QUOTE
Examples:
• Emerson once said, " If you like running, then get out there and run."
MAJOR WORDS in TITLES of BOOKS, ARTICLES, and SONGS
Examples:
• One of Jerry's favorite books is The Catcher in the Rye.
MEMBERS of NATIONAL, POLITICAL, RACIAL, SOCIAL, CIVIC,
and ATHLETIC GROUPSExamples:
• African-Americans
• Anti-Semitic
• Democrats
• Friends of the Wilderness
PERIODS and EVENTS
Examples:• Victorian Era
• Great Depression
• Constitutional Convention
Exception:(DON'T CAPITALIZE CENTURY NUMBERS)
Examples:• Isaac Newton was born in the seventeenth century.
TRADEMARKS
Examples:
• Apple
• Honda
• Sony
• lenovo
WORDS and ABBREVIATIONS of SPECIFIC NAMES
Examples:
• NBC, NBA, UN, etc...
Exception:(DON'T CAPITALIZE GENERAL THINGS THAT WERE ONCE SPECIFIC)
• french fries, italics, etc...