Capitalization

• Capitalize the first letter of the first word in a sentence.
• Capitalize people's name.
• Capitalize the word I
• Capitalize calendar items:
  • Days of the week.
  • Months of the year
  • Holydays and holy days

  Do not capitalize seasons

• Capitalize place names:
  • Parts of the world
  • Countries and sections of a country
  • States and provinces
  • Counties
  • Cities and towns
  • Streets,
  • Islands,
  • Mountains
  • Bodies of Water: Golf of Mexico Structures and public places

  Do not capitalize the when it appears before a name (except:The United States, The United Kingdom, The...)

• Capitalize the names of races, nationalities and languages.
• Capitalize special events. Labor Day
• Capitalize historical events and periods in history.
• Capitalize the names of business firms and brand names of business products.
• Capitalize the names of organizations:
  • Government bodies
  • Political organizations
  • Associations
• Capitalize the first word and all important words in: Titles of books, plays, movies, TV shows magazines, newspaper, stories, poems, works of art, and pieces of music.
• Capitalize names referring to the one God of a religion and their followers, and major religious writing.
• Capitalize course names followed by a number and languages courses.
• Capitalize East, West, North, and South. When they refer to recognized sections of the country or of the world (Not as geographical directions)