1. WHAT you ShOuLd cAPITALIZE
And WHY!

2. The RULES Capitalize the first word of a sentence
Capitalize the first word of a quoted sentence
Capitalize PROPER NOUNS (names)
Names of religions
Names of races
Names of languages
Names of regions (Capitalize compass directions when preceded by the word “the”.)
Capitalize the “big” words in titles

3. The RULES Capitalize the first word of a sentence
Capitalize the first word of a quoted sentence

4. Capitalize the first word of a sentence.
My hat fell in the toilet.
Capitalize the first word in a QUOTED sentence.
The drunk said, “My hat fell in the toilet.”

5. The RULES Capitalize the first word of a sentence
Capitalize the first word of a quoted sentence
Capitalize PROPER NOUNS (names)
Names of religions
Names of races
Names of languages
Names of regions (Capitalize compass directions when preceded by the word “the”.)

6. Capitalize names (PROPER NOUNS)
Mary & Terry O’Leery went out with Larry & Barry Perry.
Salt Lake City is the greatest city in the world for lovers of salt.

7. Capitalize names of religions
Father Johnson is a Catholic priest.
Zoroastrians are the coolest! Yeah!

8. Capitalize names of races
Father Johnson is Caucasian and Sister O’Leery is African American.
but
He is white and she is black.

9. Capitalize names of languages
The hatless drunk speaks English.
Father Johnson speaks Swahili.

10. Capitalize names of regions
The hatless drunk is from the South.
but
Father Johnson is from western Africa.

11. The RULES Capitalize the first word of a sentence
Capitalize the first word of a quoted sentence
Capitalize PROPER NOUNS (names)
Names of religions
Names of races
Names of languages
Names of regions (Capitalize compass directions when preceded by the word “the”.)
Capitalize the “big” words in titles

12. Capitalize the “big” words in titles
Keep the LITTLE words small: a, an, the, but, as, if, and, or, nor, “prepositions”
My favorite book is The Man Who Came All the Way from the Moon Only to Realize That the Earth Is Not Made of Cheese.

13. A couple of other random points:
Capitalize a person’s title:
I went to see Dr. Jones.
Pastor Johnson scolded Rabbi McGillicutty over the lasagna incident.
Some weird abbreviations:
Ph.D.
U-turn
I-beams

14. These sentences need a little help!

15. my pet goat ate my favorite pair of gucci boots.

16. My pet goat ate my favorite pair of Gucci boots.

17. llamas live in the southern part of uzbekistan.

18. Llamas live in the southern part of Uzbekistan.

19. on tuesday I ate mexican food with my friend wolfgang humperdink.

20. On Tuesday I ate Mexican food with my friend Wolfgang Humperdink.

21. wolfgang is from the southern united states

22. Wolfgang is from the southern United States.

23. my goat, francis mcgillicutty, used to be episcopalian, but now he’s atheist.

24. My goat, Francis McGillicutty, used to be Episcopalian, but now he’s atheist.

25. francis lost his faith after the incident with the lasagna and the portuguese rabbi.

26. Francis lost his faith after the incident with the lasagna and the Portuguese rabbi.

27. the angry clock explosion guy, fred, says, “yo, let’s read us some shakespeare!”

28. The angry clock explosion guy, Fred, says, “Yo, let’s read us some Shakespeare!”

29. The RULES Capitalize the first word of a sentence
Capitalize the first word of a quoted sentence
Capitalize PROPER NOUNS (names)
Names of religions
Names of races
Names of languages
Names of regions (Capitalize compass directions when preceded by the word “the”.)
Capitalize the “big” words in titles