When to use a Capital letter? by Itailormadeidiomas

Starting a sentence ....

Daby — 2017-06-26 22:05:03 UTC

There is no excuse when starting off a sentence, you MUST USE a < capital letter >.

E.g.

You must do this!

Do you know what are proper nouns?

Daby — 2017-06-26 22:05:03 UTC

Do you know what are proper nouns or names?

They are classified as names:-
1. Geographic places (countries, cities, continents, lakes and landmarks)
2. Brands
3. People (Thomas Moss, King Lear)
4. Titles (Mr. Mrs. Miss. Ms.)
5. Job titles (Dr., Prof., Software Engineer)
6. Acronyms (G.P.)
7. Firms & organisations.
8. films & books
9. Governmental matters (Social Welfare Plan, Congress, Department of Agriculture)
10.
,etc.

There is no excuse. You MUST WRITE < the first letter of the pronoun > in capital letter.

COMMON MISTAKES:-

In Portuguese, we observed that there is a definite article < THE > before a proper noun or a name. Please do not break this rule in English and add < THE > before the names.

Some examples to have a grasp on the explanation.

A. O Paulo gosto de mim.
Paul loves me.
~~The Paul loves me.~~

A. O Honda é um bom carro.
Honda is a good car.
The Honda is a good car.

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*** We capitalise titles when they are used before names, unless the title is followed by a comma.
Do not capitalize the title if it is used after a name or instead of a name.

E.g.

1. Chairman of the Board Thomas Moss will chair the meeting.

The chairman of the board, William Bly, will chair the meeting.

Do you know the pronoun or subject of the first person in the singular? It is the < I >.

Daby — 2017-06-26 22:05:03 UTC

Guys,
You should always use < I > in capital letter whenever, it is positioned in the text.

If it is located at the beginning, in the middle or at the end, the rule is < I > needs to be in big letter.

E.g.

John and I played tennis today.

He will go to the shop and I will go to the toilet.

Do you know when to use a capital letter in English?

Daby — 2017-06-26 22:05:03 UTC

Perhaps, few things you may already know by now but, what do you think of refreshing the mind at the rules?

Okay! Let's get down to business.

Well, before let me tip you something.

Another common term for capital letter is block letter.

When talking about the time ...

Daby — 2017-06-26 22:29:02 UTC

Time???
Really??? Since when time is in capital letter.

When I said < TIME >, I mean the days, months, festival, commemoration .

E.g.

On Sunday, I walk to the park

In March, I will pay you.

On Eid, we were out of town.

But what about languages, do they need a capital letter?

Daby — 2017-06-26 22:33:19 UTC

Of course, all languages from whatsoever, places should be in block letter.

E.g.

In Chinese, we have different letters.

Does historical episodes and eras need a capital letter?

Daby — 2017-06-26 22:38:42 UTC

Oh yes!!! no doubt...

E.g.

1. the American Revolutionary War,
2. the Great Wall of Berlin
3. the Civil War in the 1950s.

Do we write names of institutions in block letter?

Daby — 2017-06-26 22:40:37 UTC

Great stuff!!!
Yes, we have to write them in capital letter.

E.g.

1. Oxford College,
2. the Mozart School of Music,
3. Harvard University.

What happen if we are talking of a manmade structure? I mean something built up by man. Do we need a block letter?

Daby — 2017-06-26 22:43:31 UTC

Yes!

E.g.

1. the Empire State Building,
2. the Taj Mahal
3. the Eiffel Tower

Let's say that I have names for natural and manmade landmarks such as monuments. Do we still need?

Daby — 2017-06-26 22:45:28 UTC

Yes, we still need.

E.g.

1. Mount Everest,
2. the Liffey Valley,
3. the Hoover Dam

But, planets are already outside this world we live in. Do they take an initial capital letter?

Daby — 2017-06-26 22:47:00 UTC

Unfortunately, the list is getting longer and the answer is yes!

E.g.

1. Mars
2. Venus

Okay, here no race card but, I have one question, do I still need a capital letter for races, nationalities, and tribes?

Daby — 2017-06-26 22:48:37 UTC

Yes please!

E.g.
1. Eskimo, N
2. East Indian,
3. Caucasian,
4. African American
5. Incas.

*** Note:
White & black in reference to race are lowercase)

Religions and god are sacred. Sometimes, I wonder if I need to capitalise on the first letter? And, teacher one more question, what about civilizations?

Daby — 2017-06-26 22:50:42 UTC

Yes please!

E.g.

1. Hinduism
2. Bible
3. Vedic,
4. Puran,
5. Babylon
6. Christ

But,
*** Do not capitalize heaven, hell, the devil, satanic.

A real headache despite we have rules and it seems difficult to know what is rule and brand!

Daby — 2017-06-26 22:56:37 UTC

Please read below explanation careful to get a gist on the capitalization rule.

1. where does it stop?
2. When does the Syrian war become the Syrian War?
3. Why is the legendary Hope Diamond not the Hope diamond?
4. Everyone writes New York City, so why does the Associated Press Stylebook recommend New York state?

Obs:-
There aren't always easy formulas or logical explanations.

In the case of brand names, companies are of little help, because they capitalize any word that applies to their merchandise.

Domino's Pizza or Domino's pizza?

Is it Ivory Soap or Ivory soap, a Hilton Hotel or a Hilton hotel?

Most writers don't capitalize common nouns that simply describe the products (pizza, soap, hotel), but it's not always easy to determine where a brand name ends.

There is Time magazine but also the New York Times Magazine.

No one would argue with Coca-Cola or Pepsi Cola, but a case could be made for Royal Crown cola.

If a trademark starts with a lowercase word or letter (e.g., eBay, iPhone), many authorities advise capitalizing it to begin a sentence.

Example:

EBay opened strong in trading today.

Do you know some highest ranks in government, royalty or religion / church?

Daby — 2017-06-26 23:00:56 UTC

They all need a capital letter.

E.g

The Duke of Cambridge.

The Prime Minister

Do we need capital letter when opening quotation marks

Daby — 2017-06-26 23:03:48 UTC

Yes, we always capitalize the first word in a complete quotation, even mid sentence.

E.g.:
James said, "The trial is far from over, and we will not lose."

Teacher, what about the national anthem, does it need to be written in capital letter?

Daby — 2017-06-27 00:55:55 UTC

Despite that a national anthem is something in particular belonging to a particular country, we do not capitalize the national anthem.

Do we capitalise subjects?

Daby — 2017-06-27 00:57:36 UTC

Okay, this one is very tricky.

Let's try to understand the rules.

We normally capitalize the names of specific course titles. However, it is good to mention that on the other side of the coin, we do not capitalise general academic subjects.

E.g.

At school, I took mathematics instead of Additional Mathematics.

I have taken science consisting of Biology, Chemistry & Physics.

Do we capitalise the 1st word in a complete phrase in a quotation?

Daby — 2017-06-27 10:20:35 UTC

Okay! Here you need to be careful. What's the trick?

1. No capital letter if the quoted phrase is part or a continuous of sentence.

E.g.
He said: " he will not come tonight ".

2. We need a capital letter if the quoted phrase is part or a continuous of sentence.

E.g.

Sergio told to the members of the jury, " The case is far from over. "

Do we capitalise specific geographical regions - cardinal points?

Daby — 2017-06-27 11:36:34 UTC

This is tricky.

1. We capitalize only if the place is referred to a specific geographic cardinal point.

E:.g.
A. I have my brother coming from the North of Brazil.

B. In the Nord of Brazil, we have many compounds and factories

C. Go east two blocks away and then turn right.

D. Turn left at the end of the road.