Capitalization Rules
1 first Always capitalize the ________ word in ______ sentence. every
2 “I” Always capitalize the pronoun ______
3 Capitalize people’s ________ and ___________. names initials
4 names Capitalize geographical ___________ and specific geographical ___________ EX The Southwest but not south Texas; Grand Canyon areas
5 organizations Capitalize the names of ______________, business firms, institutions, and _____________ bodies. EX: United States Congress, Dell, Lopez Student Council government
6 historical Capitalize the names of _____________ __________and periods, special events, and __________ items. EX June but not summer; Civil War, Great Depression events calendar
7 Capitalize nationalities (or adjectives based on them), _____, religions, ________days, and words used to refer to specific deities. EX French, Jewish, Christmas, Athena races sacred
8 Capitalize __________ names but not the ___________ item after it. EX Nike shoes brand common
9 Capitalize names of specific ________, planes, monuments, buildings, ________, awards, etc. EX The Golden Gate Bridge; USS Constitution ships bridges
10 subjects Capitalize school __________ ONLY if they are languages or followed by a course number. EX English but not math; American history Algebra II
11 Capitalize titles indicating ___________ relationships only when used as names or parts of names. EX Aunt Helen but not Helen, my aunt Mom but not my mom family
12 Capitalize all words in ________ of books, magazines, poems, stories, articles, documents, movies, paintings etc. ________ for articles and prepositions shorter than five letters. titles except
13 Capitalize people’s _______ before their names and in _______address. EX Doctor but not the doctor Doctor Smith titles direct
14 state Capitalize titles of heads of ________, royalty, or nobility only when used _______ their name or in ______ of their name. EX: King Henry but not the king with place
15 first Capitalize the _____word in every line of traditional _________. poetry
16 greeting Capitalize the first word in the __________ and _______ of a letter. closing
17 Capitalize the first word of a _______ _________ if it is a complete sentence. Do not capitalize it if it’s the second part of a divided quotation. EX: “Don’t go yet,” he said, “it’s not time.” direct quotation