Most of the people are confused with the usage of capital letters. We will use the capital letters where we should not use and don’t use when it is necessary. Incorrect usage of capital letters leads to the misunderstanding sometimes. These capital letters with in a sentence helps the reader as an indication to the starting of the new sentence. The rules are very different for using these capital letters bur very easy to learn. Let’s learn where to use the capital letters and where not to use them.
The first and foremost rule is that all the proper nouns which includes names, geographical places, specific historical events and documents, languages, nationalities, countries etc.
Capitalize the first word at the beginning of a sentence.
Capitalize Names and Titles:
• Capitalize each person’s name. E.g. S.Mahidhar
• If a name begins with d’, de, du, or von, capitalize the prefix unless it is preceded by the first name or a title.
• If a name starts with Mc, o, or St., then capitalize the next letter. E.g. Mc Donald, Mc Mohan, St. Marie.
• If the name begins with la or le then also capitalize the word that follows. E.g. Le Blanck.
• Capitalize some of the names of the animals like Lassie, Morris the cat.
• Capitalize all the religious names, military posts, government heads.
• Capitalize all the parts of a government officials post. E.g. Vice President.
• Capitalize all the book titles, play titles, movie titles, newspaper titles, magazines names, when writing the full forms of abbreviations.
Capitalize Names and Languages and Religions:
• Capitalize all the names of the religions, languages, countries and races.
• When referring to the gods, capitalize the pronouns also.
• Don’t capitalize the words god and goddess when referring to the ancient mythology. But in general use capital letters for God and Goddess.
Capitalize the proper adjectives and product nouns:
• Capitalize the adjectives that are formed from the nouns. E.g. Italy– Italian.
• Don’t capitalize the prefix that was attached to a proper adjective unless the prefix refers to a nationality. E.g. all Indians, Old English.
• Use capital letters for all the brand names.
Use capital letters for days, months and all holidays:
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Use capital letters for the names of days like Sunday, Monday etc.
• Use capital letters for the names of the months like December, July etc.
• Capitalize the names of the holidays like Republic day, New Year.
Capitalize the first letters of abbreviations, starting of a sentence, sentences after the colon, greeting words, names of the degrees, time (A.M, P.M), some shortcuts like Mount – Mt etc.
January 27th, 2010 
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