Capitalization.pdf

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1. Capitalization
2. Capitalize… • the first letter of a word at the beginning of a sentence • the personal pronoun “I”, but not other pronouns
3. Capitalize proper nouns, i.e. names of specific people, places, and things.
4. • names of people & places - e.g. John Smith, Montreal, McGill University, the Atlantic Ocean, the Mercier Bridge ‣ N.B. not the place or thing itself - e.g. a university, the ocean, the bridge
5. • names of companies and copyrighted products - e.g. Apple Corp., Kleenex, Tylenol
6. • titles used before people’s names and, in letter format, titles after people’s names - e.g. Carol Grant, Director of Marketing (in a letter); Ms. Mary Johnson; Dr. Lee ‣ N.B. not a title without a name - e.g. She is a doctor.
7. • nationalities, languages, religions, and any adjectives derived from these - e.g. Chinese, Spanish, Christianity, Muslim, Canadian
8. • days, months, and holidays - e.g. Tuesday, February, Christmas ‣ N.B. not seasons - e.g. fall, summer
9. • important words in the titles of books, newspapers, movies, magazines, etc. - e.g. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, The Lord of the Rings ‣ N.B. not articles, conjunctions, or prepositions unless they are the first word of the title
10. • historical periods and important events - e.g. the Industrial Revolution, the First World War, the Olympic Games
11. • the first word of quotations that form a complete sentence - e.g. Jack said, “The kids are home from school.” ‣ N.B. not the first word of partial quotations - e.g. The union leader said that the workers were “overworked and underpaid.”
12. • school subjects only when they are part of the name of a course or a degree - e.g. Introduction to European History, Advanced Electrical Engineering, Chemistry 101 ‣ N.B. not the school subject itself - e.g. history, engineering, chemistry ‣ N.B. not academic degrees unless they are titles after a person’s name - e.g. She has a bachelor of arts.
13. • points of the compass only when they name distinct geographical regions - e.g. The North has a harsh climate. ‣ N.B. not when they merely indicate direction. - e.g. Ottawa lies west of Montreal. - e.g. Drive north for about an hour.
14. PRACTICE
15. a friend of mine, frank, once told me that he had been behind a mac’s store smoking a cigarette when all of a sudden a police officer approached and asked him where the pot was hidden.
16. A friend of mine, Frank, once told me that he had been behind a Mac’s store smoking a cigarette when all of a sudden a police officer approached and asked him where the pot was hidden.
17. during the hockey game, the mother of one of the opposing players stood up from her seat and yelled as loudly as she could, “kill that little worm!”
18. During the hockey game, the mother of one of the opposing players stood up from her seat and yelled as loudly as she could, “Kill that little worm!”
19. in the first year of the program, students have to take accounting, economics, geography, mathematics, english, management, business law, and psychology.
20. In the first year of the program, students have to take accounting, economics, geography, mathematics, English, management, business law, and psychology.
21. canadians have long been concerned with developing the north, but only recently with protecting it.
22. Canadians have long been concerned with developing the North, but only recently with protecting it.
23. my parents bought a house north of the business district, within a five-minute walk of an elementary school, a middle school, a high school, a mac’s store, and a shopping centre.
24. My parents bought a house north of the business district, within a five-minute walk of an elementary school, a middle school, a high school, a Mac’s store, and a shopping centre.
25. on a bright summer morning, the first monday of july, we got in our canoe and started down the missinaibi river.
26. On a bright summer morning, the first Monday of July, we got in our canoe and started down the Missinaibi river.
27. in high school, one of my english teachers spent two months on hamlet.
28. In high school, one of my English teachers spent two months on Hamlet.
29. in addition to containing beef and/or pork, wieners may contain water, flour, milk solids, salt, and preservatives such as sodium nitrite, which has been known to cause cancer in laboratory animals.
30. In addition to containing beef and/or pork, wieners may contain water, flour, milk solids, salt, and preservatives such as sodium nitrite, which has been known to cause cancer in laboratory animals.
31. john osborne was born on december 12, 1929, in london, england.
32. John Osborne was born on December 12, 1929, in London, England.