Capitalization

Writing the letters in capital is called capitalization

Rules of capitalization

• The first word of a sentence





• Proper Noun






• Major words in titles of books, articles, and songs
  
  
  
  
  Exception- we can not capitalize short prepositions, conjunctions, or articles unless they are the first word of the title.





• Names of God, specific deities, religious figures, and holy books
  
  
  
  
  Exception:- Do not capitalize the non-specific use of the word "god".





• Directions that are names, such as North, South, East, and West when used as sections of the country.
  
  
  
  
  Exception- Do not capitalize directions when used as compass directions.





• days of the week, months of the year, and holidays.





• Countries, nationalities, and specific languages.





• Periods and events.




Do not capitalize century numbers.





• Names of national, political, racial, social, civic, and athletic groups.





• The first word of a sentence following a colon.
  
  
  
  
  Exception- Do not capitalize the first word of a list following a colon if the list is not a complete sentence.



• The single letter word first person pronoun I.