When Do You Use CAPITAL LETTERS?
When Do You Use Capital Letters?
This video simplifies the question by providing 5 clear rules on the use of capital letters in English punctuation.
Here is a transcript of the video: “When Do You Use Capital Letters?”
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Here are the rules:
- Capitalize proper nouns
- Capitalize the first word in a sentence
- Capitalize the first letter of each word in a title. *
- Capitalize a person’s title when it comes before their name
- Capitalize the first word in a quoted sentence
*Note: In a headline, words like “and, the, a, an” are often not capitalized.
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Let’s look at an illustrated example for each of these rules:
To capitalize a proper noun (e.g. February)
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In February we visited New York.
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To capitalize the first word in a sentence
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During the afternoon there was heavy rain in central London.
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To capitalize the first letter of each word in a title
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This picture is entitled: “She Came In Through The Bathroom Window” *
* Song by The Beatles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o14wVjw3HfQ
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To capitalize a person’s title when it comes before their name
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President Trump and Chancellor Merkel were seated next to each other at the summit.
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To capitalize the first word in a quoted sentence
(This applies only to a complete sentence. The first word of quoted phrases and part sentences do not require a capital.)
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Abraham Lincoln is quoted as saying: “If I was two-faced, would I be wearing this one?”
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So remember:
- Capitalize proper nouns
- Capitalize the first word in a sentence
- Capitalize the first letter of each word in a title. *
- Capitalize a person’s title when it comes before their name
- Capitalize the first word in a quoted sentence
Pay attention to the occasions when you need to use a capital letter and your written English will look professional!
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If you asked the question, When Do You Use Capital Letters?, you will no doubt be interested in how to use this punctuation mark:
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Slide 8 – Bathroom Window
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Slide 10 – Trump Merkel
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Slide 12 – Lincoln
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