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DO NOT Capitalize

DO NOT CAPITALIZE RULES 1-10

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DO NOT CAPITALIZE RULE 1 Do not capitalize the seasons of the year
DO NOT CAPITALIZE RULE 2 Do not capitalize school subjects unless they have a number, letter, or name a language, such as Math 101, Science A, English, French, biology, psychology, Geometry A2. Do capitalize American history or Greek literature (proper adjectives)
DO NOT CAPITALIZE RULE 3 Do not capitalize north, south, east, west, northeast, northwest, southeast, or southwest when they are used as directions. Do not capitalize regions of a specific state, county, or city, such as western Oregon, northeastern Anaheim, north county.
DO NOT CAPITALIZE RULE 4 Do not capitalize career choices, such as teacher, engineer, doctor, computer programmer.
DO NOT CAPITALIZE RULE 5 Do not capitalize foods (no matter how much you like them), such as fudge, lemonade, chicken, tacos, milk, chocolate milk. Do capitalize foods such as Swiss cheese, French fries, and German pancakes (proper adjectives).
DO NOT CAPITALIZE RULE 6 Do not capitalize diseases, such as cancer, measles, chicken pox, polio, hepatitis, influenza. If a proper adjective occurs with the disease, capitalize only the proper adjective, such as German measles, Parkinson's disease, Lou Gehrig's disease, AIDS.
DO NOT CAPITALIZE RULE 7 Do not capitalize the names of animals, such as horse, parrot, tiger. If a proper adjective appears with an animal, capitalize only the proper adjective, such as Siamese cat, German shepherd.
DO NOT CAPITALIZE RULE 8 Do not capitalize the names of plants, such as grass, trees, flowers, herb. If a proper adjective appears with the name of a plant, capitalize only the proper adjective, such as Bermuda grass or English ivy.
DO NOT CAPITALIZE RULE 9 Do not capitalize the names of musical instruments, such as piano, harp, guitar, or drums. If a proper adjective occurs with the musical instrument, capitalize only the proper adjective, such as French horn, Spanish guitar, African drums.
DO NOT CAPITALIZE RULE 10 Do not capitalize the names of games or dances, such as chess, checkers, four-square. If a proper adjective occurs with the game or dance, capitalize only the proper adjective, such as Irish jig. Capitalize commercial games, such as Scrabble.
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