Chapter 1
CHAPTER 1: READING FOR MEANING
Course: Ged Test Prep
Subject: English Languages Art Rla
Chapter: Chapter 3 Grammar And Language Usage
Capitalization is writing a word with its first letter as a capital letter and the remaining letters in lower case. Capitalization rules vary depending on the context and language.
Capitalization Rules
- Sentence case
In general, the first word of a sentence is capitalized. Subsequent words are lowercase unless they are proper nouns or require capitalization for some other reason.
Example:
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
- Proper nouns
Proper nouns are specific names of people, places, organizations, and sometimes things.
Examples:
John Smith
London
Apple Inc.
- Titles and Headings
Capitalize the first word of titles and headings.
Articles (a, an, the), coordinating conjunctions (and, but, for, or, nor), and prepositions (in, on, at, by, etc.) are generally not capitalized unless they are the first word of the title or heading.