THe MystEry OF CapitAliZatIon
i knOw A LoT of Adults wHo gEt confUsed as to wHat To capitAlize. Here aRe the basics to help explain it your kid:
1. Someone’s name or their title, when used before their name:
Otis
President Obama
Doctor Herdez
2. The name of a group of organization:
San Francisco Giants
The New York Times
The United Way
Stanford University
United States Congress
3. At the beginning of a sentence:
The ball floated down the river.
4. At the beginning of a quotation:
When he walked by her he said, “Did you do you homework?”
5. DO NOT CAPILTAIZE THE SEASONS!
6. Do not capitalize the word when referring to a type of organization or title without a name:
I think you need to go to the doctor.
I think the senator is heading home.
For a more in-depth look at capitalization punctuation there are many websites that can help. I found this one helpful: Grammarbook.com
Good Luck! Ooops!
January 11th, 2010
Brilliant, thanks for this. I love it when you can summarise something that seems quite complicated in a handful of easy lines.
Grammarbook looks great too, thanks for the link.
Thanks, Richard. Happy you found it helpful.