Sentences
What should be capitalized in this sentence?
the cold weather makes my fingers hurt.
The should be capitalized as it's the first word in the sentence.
What's wrong with this sentence?
Can you buy me a box of oreos?
Oreos is a proper noun, therefore it should be capitalized in this sentence.
Can you buy me a box of Oreos?
carol's place
Carol's Place
What should you do to the first letter of a sentence?
Capitalize the first letter.
Do you have to capitalize interjections?
Example. Oh, Oops, Aah
No, not unless the interjection is the first word in a sentence.
What should be capitalized in this sentence?
covid has had a Massive Effect on new york State citizens.
Covid should be capitalized as it's the first word in the sentence, and it's a proper noun.
Massive Effect should not be capitalized because it's a common noun.
New York State should be capitalized as it's a proper noun.
What is wrong with this sentence?
Jack and jill went to The Starbucks.
In this sentence Jill should be capitalized because, as a name it is a proper noun.
The should not be capitalized as it's not a part of the name. [the Starbucks]
st.charles
St.Charles
Why do you capitalize proper nouns and not common nouns?
Proper nouns are capitalized, because they represent important information.
Common nouns, are not capitalized because even though they are nouns (Person, places, or things) they are not the name of a particular thing.
How often is a new word added to the English language?
2 hours
2 days
2 minutes
2 hours
What should be capitalized in this sentence?
at church on sunday, the pastor told us to look in the bible for the verse he was referring to.
At church on Sunday, the pastor told us to look in the Bible for the verse he was referring to.
At - First word of sentence
Sunday, and Bible - Proper nouns
What is wrong with this?
Doctor Sigmund Freud
Nothing. Doctor is being used as a title, not an adjective.
Doctor Freud, and Dr. Sigmund Freud are also correct.
Which of these is correct?
Aunt Viv
aunt Viv
Aunt is capitalized because it's used as a title.
Which of these is correct?
We are in southern California.
We are in Southern California.
We are in Southern California, is correct because the direction is in reference to a place.
What other languages capitalize the pronoun I?
None, the only language in the world that capitalizes the pronoun I is English.
which of these sentences is correct?
the City of New York is very beautiful!
New York City is very beautiful!
New York City is very beautiful!
In the first example the word city is used as an adjective so it is not capitalized. The second example is correct because the word city is used as part of the name/title.
What's wrong with these sentences?
I read a story about captain Hook. In the story James Hook is the Captain of a very big ship called the Jolly Roger.
In the first sentence captain should be capitalized as it's used in place of a first name. In the second sentence the word captain should not be capitalized because it's in reference to a job, and is not being used as a title.
Which of these is correct?
The New York Times
the New York Times
The New York Times
In this case the word The is a part of the name so it's capitalized.
What type of punctuation should you not capitalize after?
You don't capitalize after colon.
Besides proper nouns what else do you have to capitalize?
Proper Verbs
Adverbs
Proper Adjectives
Proper Adjectives, are words that are used to describe people and are capitalized. Proper adjectives consist of things like, your religion or ethnicity.
Lily is a devout Catholic
Jim is an Australian surfer.
[Jim - Proper Noun, Australian - Proper Adjective]
Correctly capitalize these sentences.
James walked down eastern street with his Mother on christmas day. the pair was going to see the large tree in Times square. james was very excited so he ran ahead of his mother, right past a christmas window display. The window display caught Jame's mother's eye, so she yelled to him to slow down.
James walked down Eastern Street with his mother on Christmas Day. The pair was going to see the large tree in Times Square. James was very excited so he ran ahead of his mother, right past a Christmas window display. The window display caught James' mother's eye, so she yelled to him to slow down.
What should be capitalized in this sentence?
george and i experienced some amazing southern california weather last fall when we attended a catholic wedding in san diego!
George, I, Southern California, Catholic, San Diego
What's wrong with this sentence?
winifred and corey went to the mall of america. the friends went to the american girl store. After that they went to ride the fairly odd coaster.
Winifred and Corey went to The Mall of America. The friends went to the American Girl store. After that they went to ride the Fairly Odd Coaster.
Winifred - First word of a sentence and a name
Corey, The Mall of America, American Girl Store, and Fairly Odd Coaster - Proper Nouns
Why do you capitalize the letter/word I?
The pronoun I is capitalized no matter where it falls in a sentence because
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