The Use of Capitals

Lesson 15

The Use of Capitals

1.     the first word of a direct quotation making a complete thought

The question is, “What are you studying for?”

2.     titles of honor, office, and nobility; academic/religious titles (with a proper noun)

President Roosevelt advocated the four freedoms.

3.     names of treaties, laws, important events, historical epochs, literary periods, …etc

Sino-British Treaty, Magna Charta, World War II, Middle Ages, the Renaissance

4. words denoting family relationship when used with a proper noun

He will visit Aunt Susan and Cousin Bob.

5. titles of books, essays, periodicals, and the like

6.     the first word of a line of poetry

7.     proper nouns

8.     names of holidays, week days, and months

9.     portions of a country or divisions of the world

10.     personified nouns

11.     all nouns in salutation of a letter (Dear Sir, My dear Doctor Hume, …..etc)