CAPITALIZATION Flashcards
TO CAPITALIZE OR NOT CAPITALIZED (19 cards)
First word in a sentence
CAPITALIZE
First word of a direct quotation (COMPLETE SENTENCE)
CAPITALIZE
First word of Fragmentary quotations
NOT CAPITALIZED
Split Quotations (Single Sentence)
NOT CAPITALIZED
Split Quotations (Two Sentences)
CAPITALIZED
Proper nouns and adjectives
CAPITALIZED
Derivatives of proper nouns (Victorian etc.)
CAPITALIZED
Definite article (The) IN PROPER PLACE NAMES or as part of OFFICIAL NAMES AND TITLES
CAPITALIZED
COMMON NOUNS IN PLACE OF TITLES (Professor, Doctor, Engineer)
CAPITALIZED
TITLES OF HONOR AND RESPECT (when PRECEDING the name)
CAPITALIZED
All names referring to God the Bible, or parts of the Bible
CAPITALIZED
PRINCIPAL WORDS in BOOK TITLES, PLAYS, POEMS, PICTURES
CAPITALIZED
Pronoun “I” and interjection “O”
CAPITALIZE
SEASONS of the year
NOT CAPITALIZED
ARTICLES (a, an, the), CONJUNCTIONS, PREPOSITIONS IN TITLES
NOT CAPITALIZED (unless it’s the first word of a sentence)
NAMES OF SUBJECTS
NOT CAPITALIZED (unless they are from proper nouns or if they are SPECIFIC COURSE TITLES)
The words “high school, collece, university”
NOT CAPITALIZED (unless they’re parts of particular institutions)
a.m./p.m.
NOT CAPITALIZED
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT USED IN PLACE OF A PERSON’S NAME
NOT CAPITALIZED