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Syracuse City School District

Capitalization and Punctuation

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
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...
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San José State University

Capitalization

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
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...
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Style Guide: Capitalization

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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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Rutgers University

Rutgers University: Guide to Grammar and Style: Capitalization

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site has a clear and concise list of capitalization rules.
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Towson University

Towson University: Online Writing Support: Capitalization Rules

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Capitalization

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page reminds the writer to follow capitalization rules including for beginning of sentences, proper nouns, and titles of people and works.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Capitalization: Countries, Nationalities, and Languages

For Students 9th - 10th
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

Grammarly Blog: Capitalization:titles of Books, Articles, Songs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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

Grammarly Handbook: Capitalization at the Beginning of a Sentence

For Students K - 1st Standards
This page explains the beginning letter of each sentence is always capitalized, even in direct quotes in the middle of sentences. Examples are provided.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Capitalization: Seasons When Used in a Title

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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.
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Other

Capitalization Chart

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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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Other

Capitalization Guidelines

For Students 9th - 10th
This page provides a detailed list of when capitalizing is necessary.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook:capitalization:call Letters of Radio and Television Stations

For Students 9th - 10th
This page explains that call letters for radio and television stations are always in all capital letters and provides examples.
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Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech: Parentheses and Rules for Use

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource contains five rules for correctly using parentheses and a section regarding capitalization within parentheses. Examples are included for each of the rules.
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Other

The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation: Capitalization

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation contains 12 capitalization rules with a link to exercises and a test.
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Other

Paradise Valley Community College: Capitalization of Organizations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This section of this page gives examples of capitalizing names of organizations, businesses, and institutions. It contains many other capitalization rules as well.
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English Plus+

Proper Nouns: Capitalization

For Students 9th - 10th
Rules and examples of proper noun capitalization are given.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Capitalization

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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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English Plus+

Capitals in Titles of Things

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides information about capitals in titles of things. Examples are given.
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English Plus+

Special Cases for Capitals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides explanation and examples of special rules for capitalization.
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Other

Sta: Punctuation and Capitalization Rules

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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!
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: A Little Help With Capitals

For Students 9th - 10th
This Purdue University lesson explains capitalization rules by giving simple examples. L.11-12.2 Cap/Punc/Spell
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Other

Pvcc: Faq's: When Should I Capitalize?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a list of rules for capitalization. Great links to information on each rule.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Mla Works Cited Page: Basic Format

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the rules for writing an MLA Works Cited page and provides examples of each type of entry.