Capitalization
Capitalization is the use of capital letters for different purposes. They are used for proper nouns such as names, titles and also for the beginnings of sentences. They are also used for many other scenarios, which makes this difficult to understand. How do we know when to use capitals? That is what you will learn on this page.
Examples:
The red represents the word that needs to be capitalized.
-Billy is highlighted because it is a proper noun and it is at the beginning of the sentence.
-This word is red because it is the beginning of the sentence.
-This is red because it is the name of a book, and it is a title.
Practice:
Find the capitalization error(s) in the following sentences.
Examples:
The red represents the word that needs to be capitalized.
- Billy went to the store to buy milk.
-Billy is highlighted because it is a proper noun and it is at the beginning of the sentence.
- The boy went to the store to buy some milk.
-This word is red because it is the beginning of the sentence.
- The boy likes the story,"The Tell Tale Heart"
-This is red because it is the name of a book, and it is a title.
Practice:
Find the capitalization error(s) in the following sentences.
- dillain had trouble with his homework.
- The boy did not like the book the landlady.
- northwest of texas is New Mexico.
- John did not like bobby.
- Jim Does not like school.
- "georgia Nephrology" is the name of a nephrologist practice.
- grey likes to tap a lot.
- A boy named quintin does not Enjoy doing homework.
- who likes Writing essays?
- ram enjoys doing his homework.