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Universidad Metropolitana Título V Campus. Capitalization Rules. Learning Zone - Inglés. Correct: Liz and I went to the beach two days ago. Rule 1. Capitalize the pronoun I . Rule 2. Capitalize the first letter of the first word of each sentence. Correct:
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Universidad MetropolitanaTítulo V Campus Capitalization Rules Learning Zone - Inglés
Correct: Liz and Iwent to the beach two days ago. Rule 1 Capitalize the pronoun I.
Rule 2 Capitalize the first letter of the first word of each sentence. Correct: The English class is my favorite.
Correct: Lynn has a store in Paris, France named Dots. Rule 3 Capitalize the first letter of names of people, organizations, and places. name of a person place store
Rule 4 Capitalize the first letter of adjectives that are made from the names of people and places. Correct: Christie likes Chinese food. China is a place.
Rule 5 Capitalize initials. Correct: My cousin’s favorite author is E. A. Poe. Edgar Allan
Rule 6 Capitalize the first letter of directions only when they are used to designate actual places, not when they point in a direction. Correct: When they visited the Northeast, they had to drive south. It is a place
Rule 7 Capitalize the first letter of the names of months and the days of the week. Correct: My anniversary will be on a Wednesday next June.
Rule 8 Capitalize the official title of a person (including abbreviations), but only when you use it with the person's name. Correct: Are you going to visit Dr. Smith? Doctor Smith
Rule 9 Capitalize words used as names or parts of names. Correct: Did you call Uncle James?
Rule 10 Capitalize the first letter of important words in a title of a book, magazine, story, essay, etc. Correct: My story’s title is “The Adventures of Johan”
Rule 11 Capitalize historical events and documents. Correct: The United States Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787. Historical document
Rule 12 Capitalize the name of languages, races, nationalities, and religions. Correct: I learn Portuguese with a Brazilian teacher. nationality language
Rule 13 Capitalize acronyms. (An acronym is a word formed by the first, or first few, letters of words in a long name.) Correct: SONAR may be used as a means of acoustic location. sound navigation and ranging
Rule 14 Capitalize initialism . (An initialism is similar to acronym, but a word is not formed from the letters.) Correct: NIRA is the National Collegiate Rodeo Association.
Practice Click on the link below. Follow the instructions. • http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAMMAR/cgi-shl/par_numberless_quiz.pl/caps_quiz.htm Practice what you have learn today!!
Bibliography • http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/writing/sixtrait/conventions/capitalization.html
Prepared by: • Cristabel R. Ocasio Ilarraza • Nirazatte L. González Abella