Sunday, February 8, 2015

[EzineArticles Training] 10 Capitalization Rules

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Article Writing - Paragraph & Grammar Structure
10 Capitalization Rules

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Here is the next edition of the EzineArticles.com Article Writing: Paragraph and Grammar Structure Training Series.
  1. Capitalize the first word of every sentence.

  2. "I" is always capitalized, along with all its contractions.
    Example: I can do it.
    Example: I'll do it tomorrow.
    Example: I'm going to do it now.

  3. Capitalize the first word of a quoted sentence.
    Example: She said, "I can do this."

  4. Capitalize a proper noun.
    Example: Eiffel Tower
    Example: Christopher Knight
    Example: Federal Bureau of Investigation

  5. Capitalize a person's title when it precedes the name.
    Example: Doctor Smith
    Exception: Mr. Smith, the doctor at the hospital, came to check up on me.

  6. Capitalize any title when used as a direct address.
    Example: "Will you please answer the question, Senator?"

  7. Do not capitalize names of seasons.

  8. Capitalize points of the compass only when they refer to specific regions.
    Example: I have relatives visiting from the South.
    Example: I drove south to the end of the block.

  9. After a sentence ending with a colon, do not capitalize the first word if it begins a list.
    Example: These are my favorite foods: chicken, potatoes and bread.

  10. Capitalize the first word and all the words in titles of books, articles, works of art, etc. excluding short prepositions and conjunctions.
    Example: "EzineArticles Writing and Marketing"
The next edition of the EzineArticles.com Article Writing: Paragraph and Grammar Structure Training Series will explore subject and verb agreement.

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