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| Uses of Capital Letters By Mr.Zaki Badr |
In this topic, you're going to learn the uses of capital letters:
- At the beginning of a sentence
- Proper or common nouns (Brands).
- Story’s title.
- Acronym.
- days of the week and the months of the year
- Writing titles
- Identifying buildings and institutions
- Looking at religious words
- Sacred books start with a capital:
- Religious festivals
Capital letters examples
At the beginning of a sentence.
The mother loves her daughter.
Proper or common nouns (Brands).
Samsung. The United States.
Story’s title.
The Man Who Saved My Life.
Acronym.
BRB (Be right back.)
Proper or common nouns (Brands).
Proper nouns and adjectives formed
from proper nouns
always start with a capital letter. So do the days of the week and the
months of
the year.
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| Uses of Capital Letters By Mr.Zaki Badr |
Writing titles
Capital letters are also used for the
titles of people, books, plays, films, magazines:
Mrs.Brown
Princess Anne
The Secret Garden
A Tale of Two Cities
Identifying buildings and institutions
Buildings and institutions start with
capital letters:
•Bristol
University
•British
Museum
•British Council
•American
University
Looking at religious words
The names of religions and their
members also start with capitals:
Christianity - Christian
Hinduism
-
Hindu
Islam
- Moslem/Muslim
Judaism
- Jew
Sacred books start with a capital:
Bible
Koran
Torah
Religious festivals are also written with a capital:
Christmas
Easter
Eid
Ramadan
Thank you for reading. If you have any questions, please write them in a comment.