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San José State University
Capitalization
Do you need a clear and concise learning exercise on capitalization for your students? This learning exercise would be an excellent choice. The first page is packed full of good examples of when capitalization is necessary, and the...
Syracuse City School District
Capitalization and Punctuation
How many of the pupils in your language arts class can differentiate between a colon and a semicolon? Clarify common conventions, including end punctuation, proper capitalization, and sentence structure, with a series of helpful grammar...
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Capitalization
This page reminds the writer to follow capitalization rules including for beginning of sentences, proper nouns, and titles of people and works.
Towson University
Towson University: Online Writing Support: Capitalization Rules
This entry provides the rules for capitalization, examples of each rule, and exceptions where they exist.L.11-12.2 Cap/Punc/Spell
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Paradise Valley Community College: Capitalization of Organizations
This section of this page gives examples of capitalizing names of organizations, businesses, and institutions. It contains many other capitalization rules as well.
Rutgers University
Rutgers University: Guide to Grammar and Style: Capitalization
This site has a clear and concise list of capitalization rules.
NC State University
Ncsu: Capitalization: Questions on Capitalization
This page contains unusual questions about capitalization and their answers. It deals with many ambiguities in capitalization rules.
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The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation: Capitalization
This site from The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation contains 12 capitalization rules with a link to exercises and a test.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: A Little Help With Capitals
This Purdue University lesson explains capitalization rules by giving simple examples. L.11-12.2 Cap/Punc/Spell
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Sta: Punctuation and Capitalization Rules
Use this handy guide for a quick reference to punctuation and capitalization rules. Includes rules for end marks, apostrophes, capitalization, commas, quotation marks, and many more!
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Capitalization:first Word After Colon if It Begins a Sentence
This page explains the rules for capitalizing the first word after a colon if it is an independent clause. It also says this rule varies between British and American English and by style format. Examples are provided.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Style Guide: Capitalization
A comprehensive guide to editorial style for print and electronic media. Students and teachers can gain a better grasp of the rules of capitalization from this resource.
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Capitalization Chart
Use this handy chart to spot the capitalization rule which applies to your sentence. Scroll down to the bottom for links to practice exercises you can do in Microsoft Word.
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Grammarly Blog: Capitalization: Countries, Nationalities, and Languages
This page explains the rule requiring the capitalization of the names of countries, nationalities, and languages with examples of each.
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Grammarly Blog: Capitalization:titles of Books, Articles, Songs
This page explains the rules for capitalizing titles: In informal writing all words may be capitalized, but in formal writing, articles, conjunctions, and prepositions are NOT capitalized unless they begin a sentence. Examples are provided.
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Grammarly Blog: Capitalization: The First Word in a Direct Quote Sentence
This page explains the rules for capitalizing direct quotes; if the quote is a sentence, capitalize it. If the quote is not a complete sentence, capitalize only what was capitalized in the original direct quote.
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Grammarly Blog: Capitalization: Family Relationships (Used as Proper Names)
This page explains that family relationships such as Mom, Dad, Uncle, and Aunt are capitalized if they are used as names, but are not capitalized if used as common nouns such as my mom, his dad, etc. Examples are provided.
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Capitalization Guidelines
This page provides a detailed list of when capitalizing is necessary.
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech: Parentheses and Rules for Use
This resource contains five rules for correctly using parentheses and a section regarding capitalization within parentheses. Examples are included for each of the rules.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Capitalization: Seasons When Used in a Title
This page provides rule and examples for the capitalization of the seasons. Seasons, although not generally capitalized, are capitalized in titles like all words are with the exception of articles and prepositions.
English Plus+
Proper Nouns: Capitalization
Rules and examples of proper noun capitalization are given.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Capitalization
If you scroll down to the middle of the page, you will find a section that explains the rules for capitalizing people's titles and the names of political entities.
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