The words that are not capitalized unless they are the first word in a sentence are common nouns, pronouns (except the first person, subjective 'I'), common adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, interjections, and determiners.
The words that are always capitalized are proper nouns, proper adjectives, and the first person, subjective, personal pronoun 'I', and acronyms.
Yes, "African" should be capitalized when referring to people or things related to the continent of Africa.
Yes, "Pennsylvanian" should be capitalized when referring to the people or things related to the state of Pennsylvania.
Proper nouns are capitalized because they refer to specific persons, places, and things. For example, names of people, cities, countries, and brands are all considered proper nouns and should be capitalized.
Proper nouns are always capitalized. eg John, Paris, the Eiffel Tower, the Southern Alps.
In a sentence, the first word, proper nouns (names of specific people, places, or things), and the pronoun "I" should be capitalized.
Proper nouns and the beginning of a sentence.
Proper nouns refer to specific names of people, places, or things and are always capitalized, while common nouns are general names for people, places, or things and are not capitalized.
"British" is typically capitalized when referring to people or things from Britain or the United Kingdom.
because they are both living things
Generally common nouns,collective nouns and abstract nouns are not capitalized.
Not normally, unless it's in a title or at the beginning of a sentence.
"Indian" should be capitalized when referring to the indigenous peoples of the Americas, such as Native American or American Indian. It should also be capitalized when referring to people or things related to the country of India.