Capitalizing Words Correctly Can You Remember the Rules

Capitalizing Words Correctly Can You Remember the Rules for Each Situation? Copyright 2012 www. time 4 writing. com/free-writing-resources Copyright 2012

Situations affected by the Rules of Capitalization 1. the first word in a sentence 2. names (of people, places, things) 3. titles (but not all the words) 4. days & months (but not seasons) Copyright 2012 www. time 4 writing. com/free-writing-resources Copyright 2012

This is the easiest capitalization rule: Start every sentence with a capital letter. . . He went to the store for milk. Wait, I'm coming! There is the book you lost. Copyright 2012 www. time 4 writing. com/free-writing-resources Copyright 2012

Capitalize Proper Nouns These include people's names: George Washington These also include names of specific places or things: New York State Disneyland Super Bowl Copyright 2012 www. time 4 writing. com/free-writing-resources Copyright 2012

Capitalize Titles Capitalize titles of Books, Magazines, Articles, Movies, and so on. For example: Goodnight Moon Finding Nemo Local Team Goes to State Finals But why wasn't Copyright 2012 "to" capitalized? www. time 4 writing. com/free-writing-resources Copyright 2012

That's because we don't capitalize "minor" words in titles. Example: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland The 3 Rules for Capitalizing Titles 1. Do capitalize first and last words 2. Do capitalize main words 3. Don't capitalize articles or prepositions with fewer than four letters Copyright 2012 www. time 4 writing. com/free-writing-resources Copyright 2012

Capitalize Days and Months Monday and January Don't capitalize seasons unless: � 1. they are part of a proper name The Fall Festival 2. they begin a sentence Winter is beautiful. Copyright 2012 www. time 4 writing. com/free-writing-resources Copyright 2012