Friday 3 May 2013

CAPITAL LETTERS


Capitalization is a very important part of grammar in English with very less attention given.
Many people do not know the correct usage of Capital letters. 

Given below are the situations & a few examples when we are required to use Capital letters:

1. When you start a sentence:
The children are playing in the park. She is a beautiful girl.

2. When using personal pronoun - I:
I am a teacher. I will be going to the market tomorrow.

3. Writing Acronyms or Abbreviations:
UNO - United Nations Organisation.
WHO - World Health Organisation.

4. Names of places, countries, nationalities, religion & language:
London, Germany, Indian, Buddhism, Chinese.

5. People's names & titles:
Mr. Smith, Dr. Amina, 
Sr. Lecturer, Mrs. Jenny.
King Henry

6. Days of the week, months of the year, holidays:
Monday, Tuesday
January, February
Christmas
Independence Day

7. Names of companies and organizations:
Pepsi Cola, Sony
Microsoft Corporation, Toyota
the United Nations, the Red Cross

8. For places and monuments:
the Eiffel Tower, the Taj Mahal
Buckingham Palace, the White House
Asia, the Middle East, the North Pole

9. Names of planets and celestial objects:
Jupiter, Mars, Sirius, Moon

10. Names of vehicles like ships, trains and spacecraft
Titanic, Shatabdi Express, Apollo- 3

11. Titles of books, poems, plays, films etc:
Macbeth, Othello, Daffodils, The Last Lear
The Lion King, Gone With The Wind

12. sometimes! for headings, titles of articles, books etc, and newspaper headlines:
HOW TO WIN AT POKER
Chapter 2: CLINTON'S EARLY LIFE
LIFE FOUND ON MARS!



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