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    The document discusses the use of capital letters in English and provides examples of when to use capital letters, including for proper nouns like names and locations, days, months and holidays, titles, and the beginning of sentences. It also notes that it is difficult to read large blocks of text in all capital letters.

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    Capital Letters

    Using Capital Letters

    We can write each letter of the English alphabet as a small letter (abc...) or
    as a large or capital letter (ABC...).

    In English, we do NOT use capital letters very much. We use them mainly
    for the first letter of sentences, names, days and months as well as for some
    abbreviations. We always write the first person pronoun as a capital I.

    It is not usual to write whole sentences in capitals. A sentence or paragraph


    written in capitals is very difficult to read. Did you ever see a book written
    in capital letters? Of course not! We cannot easily read lots of text in
    capital letters. Lawyers, for example, know that capitals are difficult to read
    and that is why they often write contracts in capital letters!

    When do we Use Capital Letters?

    1. Use a capital letter for the personal pronoun "I":

     What can I say?


     I'm Anne.

    2. Use a capital letter to begin a sentence or to begin speech:

     The man arrived. He sat down.


     Suddenly Mary asked, "Do you love me?"

    3. Use capital letters for many abbreviations and acronyms:

     G.M.T. or GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)


     N.A.T.O. or NATO or Nato (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

    4. Use a capital letter for days of the week, months of the year, holidays:

     Monday, Tuesday
     January, February
     Christmas
     Armistice Day

    5. Use a capital letter for countries, languages & nationalities, religions:

     China, France
     Japanese, English
     Christianity, Buddhism

    6. Use a capital letter for people's names and titles:

     Anthony, Ram, William Shakespeare


     Professor Jones, Dr Smith
     Captain Kirk, King Henry VIII

    7. Use a capital letter for trade-marks and names of companies and other
    organizations:

     Pepsi Cola, Walkman


     Microsoft Corporation, Toyota
     the United Nations, the Red Cross

    8. Use a capital letter for places and monuments:

     London, Paris, the Latin Quarter


     the Eiffel Tower, St Paul's Cathedral
     Buckingham Palace, the White House
     Oxford Street, Fifth Avenue
     Jupiter, Mars, Sirius
     Asia, the Middle East, the North Pole

    9. Use a capital letter for names of vehicles like ships, trains and spacecraft:

     the Titanic
     the Orient Express, the Flying Scotsman
     Challenger 2, the Enterprise

    10. Use a capital letter for titles of books, poems, songs, plays, films etc:

     War And Peace


     If, Futility
     Like a Virgin
     The Taming of the Shrew
     The Lion King, Gone With The Wind

    11. Use capital letters (sometimes!) for headings, titles of articles, books
    etc, and newspaper headlines:

     HOW TO WIN AT POKER


     Chapter 2: CLINTON'S EARLY LIFE
     LIFE FOUND ON MARS!
     Activity
    Rewrite the sentences below with the correct capitalization.
    1) we bought my sister nike sandals from canada.
    2) the city of chicago is hosting a christmas festival in december.
    3) we studied president Lincoln in social studies today.
    4) my family visit california to hear the ban maroon 5 in october.
    5) my favourite season is winter.
    6) my sister, jane, lives in northern ireland.

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