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Capitalization
Study Set
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Capitalize the first word... | of every sentence. |
| The first word of a direct quotation is capitalized if... | the quotation is a complete sentence. |
| Do not capitalize the beginning of the second part of an interrupted quotation unless... | the second part begins a new sentence. |
| Do not capitalize the first word of... | an indirect quotation. An indirect quotation does not appear in quotation marks and does not give a person's exact words. |
| Capitalize the first word in the salutation of a letter and... | the title and the name of the person you are addressing. |
| Capitalize the first word in the closing of... | a letter. |
| Capitalize the names of people and... | initials that stand for names. |
| Capitalize the names and abbreviations of academic degrees and... | professional titles that follow a person's name. Capitalize Jr. and Sr. |
| Capitalize words that show family relationships when used as titles, but not when... | they follow an article or a possessive noun or pronoun. |
| Always capitalize the pronoun... | I. |
| Capitalize proper nouns but not... | common nouns. |
| Capitalize a title when it comes before a person's name or when it is used in direct address, but not a title that... | follows a person's name. |
| Capitalize the names of cities, counties, states, countries, continents, and... | geographical features such as monuments and rivers, and sections of a country. |
| Capitalize the names of streets and highways as well as... | the names of specific buildings, bridges, and monuments. |
| Do not capitalize words like city, state, mountain, river, street, and bridge if they are not part of... | a specific name. |
| Capitalize compass points when they... | refer to a specific section of the country. |
| Do not capitalize compass points when they... | indicate direction or are formed from words showing direction. |
| Capitalize the names of specific places but not... | the articles and prepositions that are part of geographical names. |
| Capitalize proper nouns and adjectives but not... | common nouns and adjectives. |
| Capitalize the names of clubs, organizations... | businesses, institutions, and political parties. |
| Capitalize brand names but not... | the nouns following them. |
| Capitalize the names of important historical... | events and periods of time. |
| Capitalize the names of the days of the week, months of the year, and holidays, but not... the names of seasons. | the names of seasons. |
| Capitalize the first word, the last word, and all important words in... | titles. |
| Capitalize the names of ethnic groups, nationalities, and languages as well as... | proper adjectives formed from these names. |