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Page 1: Capitalization - Liberty Universitycapitalization: Proper nouns | A proper noun identifies a specific person, place, or thing. Words derived from proper nouns are also capitalized

Capitalization

Page 2: Capitalization - Liberty Universitycapitalization: Proper nouns | A proper noun identifies a specific person, place, or thing. Words derived from proper nouns are also capitalized

General rules for capitalization:

Propernouns

| Apropernounidentifiesaspecificperson,place,orthing.Wordsderivedfrompropernounsarealsocapitalized.Alsocapitalizetitlesofpersonswhenusedaspartofapropernamebutusuallynotwhenusedalone.

| Examples:Japan,Japanesefood,theDemocraticParty,John,DistrictAttorneyJones

Firstwordofasentenceorquotedsentence

| Thefirstwordofasentenceshouldbecapitalized.Also,capitalizethefirstwordofaquotedsentencebutnotaquotedphrase.Ifaquotedsentenceisinterrupted,donotcapitalizethefirstwordaftertheinterruption.

| Examples:Thejournalistwrote,“Thesituationseemsmoreominousasthevariouspartieshavefailedtoreachanagreement.”

“Sports”,saidRussellBaker“istheopiateofthemasses.”

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Also capitalize:Titlesofworks

| Majorwords(andthefirstword)intitlesandsubtitlesofworkssuchasbooks,articles,andsongsshouldbecapitalized.

| Examples:TheLastoftheMohicans;ReturntoMe

Firstwordfollowingacolon

| Capitalizethefirstwordafteracolononlyifitbeginsanindependentclause(andthatisactuallyoptional).

| Example:Wecometothisconclusion:The(orthe)federalgovernmentisneededtoprotecttherightsofminorities.

Abbreviations

| Capitalizeabbreviationsforgovernmentdepartmentsandagencies,otherorganizations,corporations,tradenames,andcalllettersforradioandtelevisionstations.

| Examples:FBI,IBM,Xerox,WRVL

Usecapitalizationalsoforthepronoun‘I’.

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Examples1.BaliisanIndonesianIsland.

2.HernameisMary.

3.ShelivesinSpain.

4.TheyliveinaGeorgianhouse.

5.TheGreatGatsby

6.TheQueenofEngland

7.JosephConrad’snovel,HeartofDarkness

8.theUniversityofDelaware

9.theSecondWorldWar

10.Helivesat10GreenstokeAvenue,Newbay,Bristol.

11.ShewasbornonTuesdaythesixthofJune,1998.

12.TheshopsonFifthAvenueweredecoratedforChristmas.

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Afewmoreexamples…13.JapaneseandRussianaredifficultlanguagestolearn.

14.ManystarsshoponRodeoDrive.

15.“Wait,” hesaid,“untiltheBearshavewontherestoftheseason.”

16.ThereporteraskedMayorJohnsonabouttheeventsofthepreviousday.

17. On the fourth of July, we celebrate theWar of Independence.

18.EveryonewasplanningtogooutforIndianfood.

19.HehasalwaysdrivenaPorche.

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Afewmoreexamples…

20.TheclasshadtoreadandwriteapaperontheLordoftheRings.

21.TheyallwatchAmericanIdolonFoxeveryTuesday.

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