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Capitalization, as an 'English Language/Punctuation & Capitalization' question, refers to the practice of beginning certain words with a capital (upper case) letter. Capitalization is not common to all languages.
In English, the following words are customarily capitalized:
1. First word of: sentences, and titles of books, films, magazines etc: Once upon a time ... , National Geographic
2. Names of: days, months, and public holidays: Monday, January, Christmas
3. Proper nouns including names of: people and places, including stars and planets:Paul Phillips, Plato, Wall Street, Portugal, Saturn
- Where place names are customarily prefixed with a 'compass' word, or another 'indicator' word, that word is also usually capitalised: West Virginia, Eastern Europe, South Africa, Southern Africa, the Far East
4. People's title or rank: Mr Edwards, King Olav, Professor Layton, Pope John, Dr James, General Patton
5. Nouns and adjectives referring to nationalities, languages, ethnic groups, religions, regions:
American, French, Roma, Anglican, Swiss cheese
What else can I help you with?
Should into be capitalized?
No, "into" should not be capitalized unless it comes at the beginning of a sentence.
Do you capitalize I am?
Yes, "I am" is typically capitalized because "I" is a pronoun and should always be capitalized in English.
Is president of the US always capitalized?
Yes, when referring to the title of the President of the United States, it should always be capitalized.
Is Tuesday always capitalized?
Yes. Days of the week are always capitalized.
Is the word Rif always capitalized?
No, the word "rif" is not always capitalized. It should only be capitalized if it is part of a proper noun or at the beginning of a sentence.
Can Fred be used in scrabble?
Words that are always capitalized are not acceptable words in Scrabble.
Do words have to be capitalized in a spelling bee?
usually no, but you can always ask
Why do you think words like Welfare has to be capitalized?
Words that are proper nouns are always capitalized. Welfare should only be capitalized when it is used at the beginning of the sentence or when it forms part of the proper noun.
Is i in I've capitalized?
Yes, the word I've is a contraction for "I have". The first person, singular, subjective pronoun "I" is always capitalized for all contractions with the pronoun "I" (I've, I'll, I'd, etc.)
Should into be capitalized?
No, "into" should not be capitalized unless it comes at the beginning of a sentence.
Do you capitalize I am?
Yes, "I am" is typically capitalized because "I" is a pronoun and should always be capitalized in English.
Is president of the US always capitalized?
Yes, when referring to the title of the President of the United States, it should always be capitalized.
Is Tuesday always capitalized?
Yes. Days of the week are always capitalized.
Is Euro capitalized?
Yes, it should always be capitalized.
Is Circa always capitalized?
No, circa does not need to be capitalized.
Is the word Rif always capitalized?
No, the word "rif" is not always capitalized. It should only be capitalized if it is part of a proper noun or at the beginning of a sentence.
Should you capitalize letter i in a sentence?
If you are referencing yourself, "i" should always, always, always be capitalized. Me = I. When referring to yourself, the "i" should be capitalized even if it is not at the beginning of the sentence. Example: Dave and I went to the store. Remember, just because a word has the letter "i" in it does not mean that the "i" should be capitalized. Example: She used It. (wrong) She used it. (right) The "i" is capitalized only when referring to yourself. In other words, when "I" means "me" or yourself.
