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apitalizat
ion in the
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The Capitol Building
Writers need to know when to
capitalize.
Rule #1•A lways capitalize the first letter of the first word in a sentence.
Rule #2• Capitalize Proper Nouns–People
–Places
–Things Including product names
Name Examples:• Capitalize the full name including
first, middle and last names.
John Quincy Adams
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ronald Wilson Reagan
Don’t forget…• Capitalize first, middle and last name too!
HelloAmelia Mary Earhart
HelloMy name is:
your
Place Examples:
National Mall White House
Thing Examples:
Potomac
River
Constitution of the
United States
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Event Examples:
The Civil War
Burning of Washington
March on Washington
Capitalize Initials Too!
Washington D.C.
General Robert E. Lee
Rule #3• Always capitalize the pronoun “I”
Honestly, I always capitalize “I” in a
sentence.
I’ve
“I” Examples:• Also capitalize contractions
with “I”
I’d
I’m
I’ll
•Always capitalize dates.
Rule #4
July4
Date Examples:• Days of the week
• Months of the year
• Holidays
Monday TuesdayWednesday
October DecemberNovember
Thanksgiving
Independence Day
Capitalize Abbreviations Too!
• Days of the week
• Months of the year
Mon.Tues.
Weds.
Oct. Dec.Nov.
Rule #5•Capitalize important words in a title
President of the United States
of America
Title Examples:Book Titles
U.S.
HistoryMovie Titles
Song Titles
Article Titles
he ournal of ajor eorge ashington
Don’t forget…•Always capitalize the first and last words of a title.
r. mith oes to
ashington merica the eautiful
m s g w
a bt j m g
w
MW
AB
TW
Capitalize all of the words except:
Articles: a an theConjuctions: and but or so nor
Prepostitions: at by for in of on to up
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T
merica eautiful
r. mith oes
ashingtonBA
Don’t forget…• Capitalize everything else except
for articles, conjunctions and prepositions.
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j
M
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the
of
S G
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of
#1 Capitalize the first letter of the first word in a sentence.
#2 Capitalize the first letter of proper nouns.Capitalize the first letter of first, middle and last names of
people. Also capitalize initials.Capitalize places, events and things using rule #5 for titles.
#3 Capitalize the pronoun “I”. Also capitalize the “I” in I’d, I’ve, I’m or I’ll.
#4 Capitalize months, days of the week and holidays.
#5 Capitalize important words in titles.Always capitalize the first letter of the first and last words
in a title.Then capitalize all of the words except for the following:Articles: a an theConjuctions: and but or so norPrepostitions: at by for in of on to up
Capitalization in the Capital - Rules