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Rules for use of Capital letters in English language - English Mirror Rules for the use of Capital Letters (1) The first word in every sentence should begin with a capital letter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Examples: We go to school. Do you like to read? You are such a good person. Use your smile to change the world. (2) The first word in every complete line of a poem should begin with a capital letter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Examples: How do you like to go up in a swing, Up in the air so Blue. (3) Use a capital letter for the letter “i” when it stands alone. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Examples: You and I went to a show. (4) The first word and all important words in title should begin with a capital letter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Examples: Jack’s story is called, “The Little Lame Duck on the Pond.” (5) The word north, south, east & west should begin with a capital letters, when used and if they refer to the place. When you’re using a direction to describe nothing but the direction, lower case letters are the ones to choose. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Examples: Eskimos live in the North. Sheron is from the Far East. I live in West part of India. The sun is weakest on the north side. I travel south at weekends. Go south then east. (6) Capital letters should be used to begin the name of following : ------------------------------------------------------------------- Examples: Person ------ Johan Smith Aarav Patel Places ------ London, England India, Bombay, Ahmedabad Month of the year ----------------- January, February, June July, December... (All months) Day of the week ---------------- Sunday, Monday Friday, Saturday.. (All days) Holidays -------- Ester, Christmas Gandhi Jayanti, Dashera Organisations ------------- United Nations, Red Cross Government of India Political Parties ----------------- Bharatiya Janata Party Congress Party Institutions ------------- Winchester School Gujarat University Buildings --------- St. Paul’s Cathedral Taj Mahal Deity ----- God, Christ, Budha Mahakali, Ambaji Titles ------ Mr., Ms, Mrs., Dr. Rev., Sir, President Language names -------------- English, French, Russian Gujarati, Hindi, Sanskrit Subjects name ------------- Economics, Politics Physics, Chemistry Religion/Sect. ------------- Hindu, Christian Parsi, Muslim Govt. Body / Department ----------------------- Prime Minister Civil Suppliers, Defense Historical events ----------------- World War II Human Rights (7) The first word in the salutations of a letter should begin with a capital letter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Examples: Dear sir, Respected madam, (8) The first word of the complimentary closing of a letter should begin with a capital letter. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Examples: Yours sincerely, Yours faithfully, Yours truly, (9) The first word of a direct quotation should begin with a capital letter. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Examples: He asked, “Where are you going”. For more details visit us at : https://www.englishmirror.com/english-grammar/use-of-capital-letters.html