8th Grade Capitalization

Capitalization is the writing of a word with its first letter in uppercase and the remaining letters in lowercase. It is used for proper nouns, the first word of a sentence, and certain titles.

You should capitalize the names of people, such as 'Beyonce' or 'Uncle Raymond', because they are proper nouns.

A proper noun is a specific name for a particular person, place, or organization, and it always starts with a capital letter.

'Canada' is a proper noun and should be capitalized.

The names of the days of the week, such as 'Monday', 'Tuesday', etc., are always capitalized.

Yes, the word 'I' is always capitalized when used as a pronoun.

It should be written as '4th of July' with 'July' capitalized.

You capitalize titles before names, such as 'Dr. Smith' or 'President Lincoln'.

The first word in a sentence should always be capitalized.

No, 'Mexican' should be capitalized as it refers to a nationality.