English 1 (Accelerated)

• Capitals
•  End Marks
•  Semicolons
•  Italics
•  Apostrophes
•  Other Marks

Chapter 19

Capital Letters

Rules:

• 19a. Capitalize the first word in every sentence.
• 19b. Capitalize the pronoun I and the interjection O.
• 19c. Capitalize proper nouns and proper adjectives.
  1. persons,
  2. geographical names,
  3. organizations, business firms, institutions, governmental bodies,
  4. historical events and periods, special events, and calendar items,
  5. nationalities, races, and religions,
  6. brand names of business products,
  7. ships, planets, monuments, awards, and any other particular places, things, or events.
• 19d. Do not capitalize the names of school subjects, except languages and course names followed by a number.
• 19e. Capitalize titles.
  1. of a person when it comes before a name,
  2. a title used alone or following a person’s name only if it refers to a high official or to someone to whom you wish to show special respect.,
  3. words showing family relationship when used with a person’s name (Example: Aunt Maria),
  4. first and last words and all important words In titles of books, periodicals, poems, stories, movies, paintings, and other works of art.,
  5. words referring to the Deity.

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