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Proper Nouns & Proper Adjectives (Names) – People, Titles, Places, Languages, Countries, Cultures, Ethnicities, Days, Months
John
Cherry Avenue
Germany
Internet
Korean
Earth
Mr. Smith
President Washington
Sunday
January
Not:
the man
the avenue
the country
the earth
a mister
the president
Titles – Headings, Writings, Music, Pictures, Artwork, Theater Plays, Movies, Collections, Series, Periodicals, Songs, Albums, Charts, Tables, Figures, Subheadings
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- First and last word
- All nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, subordinating conjunctions (so, because, therefore, that, thus)
- No prepositions or articles (of, through, a, the)
- Important words, including important prepositions (Chicago style)
- Words over four letters (Chicago style)
Chicago style: “The” in a name is always lower-case unless “the” is the first word of a sentence, even if “the” is the first word of the legal name. For example:
The Pacific Daily Times is a newspaper.
One newspaper is the Pacific Daily Times.
First word of a sentence
This is Joe’s favorite English lesson.
Greetings & Salutations
Title Capitalization: First and last word, nouns, verbs, important words, etc.
Happy Birthday!
Merry Christmas!
Dear Mr. Johnson of ABC Corporation,
Closings
Sentence capitalization: first letter
Sincerely yours,
Cordially and in kindness,
With best wishes,
Goodbye,
Digital area labels
Title Capitalization: First and last word, nouns, verbs, important words, etc.
Tool Bar Options
User Profile
Administrative Control Panel
Digital button labels
Sentence capitalization: first letter
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In “Quotes” & After Colon:
Sentence capitalization, if it is a complete sentence.
He said, “Bring me my mighty pen now.”
Over the phone, I only heard, “and we’ll finish soon.” I missed the first part.
I have one thing to remember: Pay close attention. (complete sentence)
There are three things to remember: ice cream, love, and lots of paper. (sentence fragment)
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