Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Grammar Ii and Technical Writing: Capitalization
This lesson focuses on the rules for capitalization. It offers a list of capitalization rules, and links to several websites about capitalization. Click on the next page (3) for an exercise in capitalization. L.9-10.2 Cap/Punc/Spell
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Grammarly Handbook:capitalization:call Letters of Radio and Television Stations
This page explains that call letters for radio and television stations are always in all capital letters and provides examples.
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Grammarly Handbook: Capitalization at the Beginning of a Sentence
This page explains the beginning letter of each sentence is always capitalized, even in direct quotes in the middle of sentences. Examples are provided.
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Grammarly Blog: Capitalization: Seasons When Used in a Title
This page provides rule and examples for the capitalization of the seasons. Seasons, although not generally capitalized, are capitalized in titles like all words are with the exception of articles and prepositions.
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Grammarly Blog: Capitalization: Countries, Nationalities, and Languages
This page explains the rule requiring the capitalization of the names of countries, nationalities, and languages with examples of each.
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Grammarly Blog: Capitalization
This page reminds the writer to follow capitalization rules including for beginning of sentences, proper nouns, and titles of people and works.
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Grammarly Blog: Capitalization:titles of Books, Articles, Songs
This page explains the rules for capitalizing titles: In informal writing all words may be capitalized, but in formal writing, articles, conjunctions, and prepositions are NOT capitalized unless they begin a sentence. Examples are provided.
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Grammarly Blog: Capitalization:first Word After Colon if It Begins a Sentence
This page explains the rules for capitalizing the first word after a colon if it is an independent clause. It also says this rule varies between British and American English and by style format. Examples are provided.
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Grammarly Blog: Capitalization: Family Relationships (Used as Proper Names)
This page explains that family relationships such as Mom, Dad, Uncle, and Aunt are capitalized if they are used as names, but are not capitalized if used as common nouns such as my mom, his dad, etc. Examples are provided.
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Grammarly Blog: Capitalization: Periods and Events (Not Century Numbers)
This page explains that historical periods and events are capitalized as proper nouns, but centuries are not. Examples are provided.
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Grammarly Blog: Capitalization: The First Word in a Direct Quote Sentence
This page explains the rules for capitalizing direct quotes; if the quote is a sentence, capitalize it. If the quote is not a complete sentence, capitalize only what was capitalized in the original direct quote.
Rutgers University
Rutgers University: Guide to Grammar and Style: Capitalization
This site has a clear and concise list of capitalization rules.
English Plus+
Proper Nouns: Capitalization
Rules and examples of proper noun capitalization are given.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Capitalization
If you scroll down to the middle of the page, you will find a section that explains the rules for capitalizing people's titles and the names of political entities.
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Capitalization Chart
Use this handy chart to spot the capitalization rule which applies to your sentence. Scroll down to the bottom for links to practice exercises you can do in Microsoft Word.