CRR´s WHAT ITEMS DO YOU CAPITALIZE IN ENGLISH?
The following items are always capitalized in standard English.
The first letter of any given sentence, whether it is affirmative, question or negative.
Example: The car is blue.
2. All proper nouns(names of people, animals, things, institutions or works that all have their own name).
My cat´s name is Khurrem Abebé.
You live in Bolonia.
She works for Nestlé.
I climbed the Eiffel Tower.
All days of the week, holidays and months of the year take a capital letter.
She will come on Monday.
They went to Madagascar for Lent.
I was born in October.
She will visit us on Mother´s Day.
All religions, nationalities, languages, races, countries ethnias and animal breeds take capital letter.
I am Jewish, but Ann is Protestant.
They speak Finnish, but they understand Spanish.
Miskitos and Mayangnas live in Nicaragua.
American Negroes were emancipated in the nineteenth century.
My cats are Abyssinians and my dog is a Spaniel.
Words like President(of the USA), I and God(if you are a believer).
Brands, titles of books or works, names of enterprises.
My computer is a Compaq.
She dyes her hair with Miss Clairol.
I only but my ham at Bavaria Delikatessen.
Connie bought a Mercedes Benz.
My aunt works at Avions Marcel Dassault.
Edith Piaf sang La Vie en Rose.
Have you read the novel Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott?
Did you see the movie Braveheart?
6. Titles of dignitaries, people in office, monarchs, nobility and clergy.
John Haynes, Secretary of Education
Alexaindre-Etienne Levallois, Viscount of Caen
King Juan Carlos of Bourbon I
David Mendoza, Minister of Defense
The Bishop of León
His Holiness Benedict XVI, Pope of the Catholic Church
James Monroe, US Ambassador at the Court of Saint James
The following items are always capitalized in standard English.
The first letter of any given sentence, whether it is affirmative, question or negative.
Example: The car is blue.
2. All proper nouns(names of people, animals, things, institutions or works that all have their own name).
My cat´s name is Khurrem Abebé.
You live in Bolonia.
She works for Nestlé.
I climbed the Eiffel Tower.
All days of the week, holidays and months of the year take a capital letter.
She will come on Monday.
They went to Madagascar for Lent.
I was born in October.
She will visit us on Mother´s Day.
All religions, nationalities, languages, races, countries ethnias and animal breeds take capital letter.
I am Jewish, but Ann is Protestant.
They speak Finnish, but they understand Spanish.
Miskitos and Mayangnas live in Nicaragua.
American Negroes were emancipated in the nineteenth century.
My cats are Abyssinians and my dog is a Spaniel.
Words like President(of the USA), I and God(if you are a believer).
Brands, titles of books or works, names of enterprises.
My computer is a Compaq.
She dyes her hair with Miss Clairol.
I only but my ham at Bavaria Delikatessen.
Connie bought a Mercedes Benz.
My aunt works at Avions Marcel Dassault.
Edith Piaf sang La Vie en Rose.
Have you read the novel Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott?
Did you see the movie Braveheart?
6. Titles of dignitaries, people in office, monarchs, nobility and clergy.
John Haynes, Secretary of Education
Alexaindre-Etienne Levallois, Viscount of Caen
King Juan Carlos of Bourbon I
David Mendoza, Minister of Defense
The Bishop of León
His Holiness Benedict XVI, Pope of the Catholic Church
James Monroe, US Ambassador at the Court of Saint James
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