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Capitalization January , 2012

1. Capitalize the first word of a sentence  When he tells a joke, he sometimes forgets the punch line.

2. Capitalize the pronoun "I"  The last time I visited Atlanta was several years ago.

3. Proper nouns (the names of specific people, places, organizations, and sometimes things)  Golden Gate Bridge  Supreme Court  Livingston, Missouri  Worrill Fabrication Company

4. Family relationships (when used as proper names)  Ex: I sent a thank-you note to Aunt Abigail, but not to my other aunts.  Ex: Here is a present I bought for Mother.  Ex: Did you buy a present for your mother?

5. Capitalize the names of God, specific deities, religious figures, and holy books  Examples: God the Father  the Virgin Mary  the Bible  the Koran  the Greek gods  Moses  Shiva

 Exception: Do not capitalize the non-specific use of the word "god."  The word "polytheistic" means the worship of more than one god.

6. Capitalize titles preceding names, but not titles that follow names  Ex: She worked as the assistant to Mayor Hanolovi.  Ex: I was able to interview Miriam Moss, mayor of Littonville.

7. Capitalize regions but NOT directions!!  The Patels have moved to the Southwest.  Jim's house is two miles north of Otterbein.

8.Capitalize the days of the week, the months of the year, and holidays (but not the seasons used generally)  Halloween  October  Friday

9.Always capitalize the names of countries, nationalities, and specific languages.  Costa Rica  Spanish  French  English

10. Capitalize the first word in a sentence that is a direct quote.  Emerson once said, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."

11.Capitalize the major words in the titles of books, articles, and songs (but not short prepositions or the articles "the," "a," or "an," if they are not the first word of the title)  One of Jerry's favorite books is The Catcher in the Rye.

12.Members of national, political, racial, social, civic, and athletic groups  Green Bay Packers  African-Americans  Democrats

13. Periods and events (but not century numbers)  Victorian Era  Great Depression  Constitutional Convention

14. Trademarks  Pepsi  Honda

15. Capitalize the names of classes if there is a number(s) behind it!  French  Math 102  Algebra II