Punctuation rule - Capitalization Writing of a word with its first letter as an upper case and the remaining letters in lower case.

1. By Arundathie Abeysinghe
Lecturer in English
International Aviation Academy
SriLankan Airlines
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2.  At the beginning of a sentence
 The first letter of the sentence is capitalized
 Pronoun “I”
 Religions – A Buddhist temple
 Royal titles - “Queen Elizabeth II”
 Days, months – “Tuesday”, September
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3.  Brand names – “Baskin Robbins”, “McDonalds”
 Points of the compass – South, East
 National and regional adjectives – “An American”, “An American
woman”
 Personal and place names – Mary, George, Mount Everest, New
York, Colombo
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4.  Rule 1
 Capitalize a proper noun
e.g. World Trade Center
 Capitalize the first word of a quoted sentence
 Rule 2
 Capitalize the titles of high-ranking government officials when
used before their names
 e.g. President Barack Obama will address the nation
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5.  Capitalize a person’s title when it follows the name on the
address or signature line
 e.g. Sincerely,
 Ms. Ann Wetzel
 Rule 4
 Capitalize the first word of a quoted sentence
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6.  Capitalize a person’s title when it precedes the name
 e.g. Managing Director Smith
 NOTE:
 Do not capitalize when the title is acting as a description
following the name
 e.g. Mr. Smith, the managing director of the institute will
deliver a lecture today.
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7.  Capitalize any title when used as a direct address
 e.g. Can you please give me a medical certificate, Doctor?
 Rule 7
 Capitalize words derived proper nouns
 e.g. I have to study English and physics
 (English is derived from the proper noun England, but physics is
not derived from a proper noun)
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8.  Capitalize the first word of a salutation
 e.g. Dear Ms. Michelle Smith
Rule 9
 Capitalize names of specific course
 e.g. I hope to take Trigonometry I and Algebra II this semester
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9.  Capitalize points of the compass when they refer to specific
regions
 e.g. He is living in the North of Sri Lanka.
 NOTE: Do not capitalize when they ………
 He hopes to go to north shortly.
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10.  Capitalize federal or state when used as part of an official
agency
 e.g.
Rule 12
 Capitalize the first and last words of titles of publications
 “Great Expectations”
 “Thripitaka”
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11.  Do not capitalize names of seasons
 e.g. I like to see spring flowers and autumn leaves.
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12.  Capitalize a person’s title when it precedes the name
 e.g. Managing Director Smith
 NOTE:
 Do not capitalize when the title is acting as a description
following the name
 e.g. Mr. Smith, the managing director of the institute will
deliver a lecture today.
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13. Thank you!
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