Grammar Notes

Capitalization

1. Capitalize the ______of a sentence.

2. Capitalize the pronoun _____

3. Proper nouns (the names of______, places, organizations, and sometimes things)

4. Family ______(when used as proper names)

5. Capitalize the names of______, specific deities, religious______, and holy books

Exception: Do not capitalize the non-specific use of the word "god."

The word "polytheistic" means the worship of more than one god.

6. Capitalize titles preceding names, but not ______that follow names

7.______but not as compass directions

8.The days of the______, the months of the year, ______(but not the seasons used generally)

9.The names of countries, ______, and specific languages

10.The first word in a sentence that is a ______quote

11.The major words in the titles of books, articles, and songs (but not short prepositions or the articles "the," "a," or "an," ______

12.Members of national, political, racial, social, civic, and athletic groups

13. ______and events (but not century numbers)

14. Trade______

15. Words and abbreviations of specific names (but not names of things that came from specific things but are now general types)

Freudian

NBC

pasteurize

french fries

italics

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