Caps! by Alan https://padlet.com/aokottawa/r61mw06yawqu What are some rules around capitals? en-us 2019-02-27 18:53:09 UTC 2025-04-25 17:39:13 UTC hello@padlet.com Caps https://padlet.com/aokottawa/r61mw06yawqu/wish/336090794 Capitalize when starting a Quote 
Capitalized proper nouns
Capitalize the beginning of a sentence
Capitalize titles ex. Mayor Jim Watson
Capitalize places ex. Yukon, Downtown Ottawa
Capitalize abbreviations

]]> 2019-02-27 19:00:50 UTC https://padlet.com/aokottawa/r61mw06yawqu/wish/336090794 Caps https://padlet.com/aokottawa/r61mw06yawqu/wish/336090800 Make sure you cap
- proper nouns 
- abbreviations
- beginning of a sentence
- beginning of a quote
- names 
- places ]]> 2019-02-27 19:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/aokottawa/r61mw06yawqu/wish/336090800 Caps rules - Emily H https://padlet.com/aokottawa/r61mw06yawqu/wish/336090822 Capitalize the beginning of every sentence
Capitalize proper names
Almost always capitalize abbreviations ]]> 2019-02-27 19:00:53 UTC https://padlet.com/aokottawa/r61mw06yawqu/wish/336090822 Caps Jessica A https://padlet.com/aokottawa/r61mw06yawqu/wish/336090826 Capitalize fanciful names and nicknames ex. Little Italy, Golden Horseshoe 

Capitalize first word of a complete quotation]]> 2019-02-27 19:00:54 UTC https://padlet.com/aokottawa/r61mw06yawqu/wish/336090826 Qadeer Popal https://padlet.com/aokottawa/r61mw06yawqu/wish/336090836 Proper nouns are always capitalized.
Titles ex. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau 
Capitalize the first word in a quote when the quote is a complete sentence.
The first word in a sentence. 
Directions are only capitalized when they refer to a specific region. Two hours north of Ontario would not be capitalized, Northern Ontario would.

]]> 2019-02-27 19:00:55 UTC https://padlet.com/aokottawa/r61mw06yawqu/wish/336090836 Darius https://padlet.com/aokottawa/r61mw06yawqu/wish/336090851 Capitalize proper nouns
Capitalize first word of a sentence]]> 2019-02-27 19:00:56 UTC https://padlet.com/aokottawa/r61mw06yawqu/wish/336090851 Perushka https://padlet.com/aokottawa/r61mw06yawqu/wish/336090981 Beginning of a sentence.
Capitalize person's name/proper names/places
Acronyms are also capitalized -- depending on the acronyms ( eg., P.E.I, N.S.)]]> 2019-02-27 19:01:07 UTC https://padlet.com/aokottawa/r61mw06yawqu/wish/336090981 Alan Frelik https://padlet.com/aokottawa/r61mw06yawqu/wish/336091057 - Always capitalize proper names, trade names gov. departments, association names, companies, clubs, religions, languages, nations, races, places and addresses.
- Lowercase occupational titles and job descriptions.

]]> 2019-02-27 19:01:11 UTC https://padlet.com/aokottawa/r61mw06yawqu/wish/336091057 Caps https://padlet.com/aokottawa/r61mw06yawqu/wish/336091222 -Proper nouns capitalized
-First word of a sentence
-Capitalize formal titles directly before a name]]> 2019-02-27 19:01:25 UTC https://padlet.com/aokottawa/r61mw06yawqu/wish/336091222 Capitals https://padlet.com/aokottawa/r61mw06yawqu/wish/336091296 Capitalize proper nouns
Beginning of a sentence


]]> 2019-02-27 19:01:32 UTC https://padlet.com/aokottawa/r61mw06yawqu/wish/336091296 Vanessa Bobai https://padlet.com/aokottawa/r61mw06yawqu/wish/336091304 Capitalize the proper names of well-known buildings, bridges, canals, parks, roads, rooms and other manufactured features
Lowercase general terms standing alone, in plurals or in descriptive uses.]]> 2019-02-27 19:01:33 UTC https://padlet.com/aokottawa/r61mw06yawqu/wish/336091304 Caps https://padlet.com/aokottawa/r61mw06yawqu/wish/336091437 Capitalize proper names.
Capitalize the beginning of sentences.
Capitalize the start of a full quote.
Capitalize acronyms
Capitalize ]]> 2019-02-27 19:01:46 UTC https://padlet.com/aokottawa/r61mw06yawqu/wish/336091437 eb https://padlet.com/aokottawa/r61mw06yawqu/wish/336091522 Capitalize names and places]]> 2019-02-27 19:01:54 UTC https://padlet.com/aokottawa/r61mw06yawqu/wish/336091522 Caps https://padlet.com/aokottawa/r61mw06yawqu/wish/336092064 - Capitalize Proper names: Paris, Alan Kors, Canadians
-Company/Products sometimes have capitals in their names: ex. Jell-O
- Capitalize first word of a sentence 

]]> 2019-02-27 19:02:47 UTC https://padlet.com/aokottawa/r61mw06yawqu/wish/336092064 Baraa https://padlet.com/aokottawa/r61mw06yawqu/wish/336101908 Capitalize the first word of a sentence or sentence equivalent.
Capitalize the first word of a direct quotation that is a complete sentence.
Capitalize the first word after a colon.


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