1. Capitalization-Races, Nationalities, and Species
Writing Lab
Capitalization-Races, Nationalities, and Species

2. Races Always capitalize races.
Examples:
Chinese
Indian
Hispanic
Note: The terms black and white are usually not capitalized; however, if you capitalize these terms when referring to races, be consistent throughout your paper.

3. Nationalities
Capitalize nationalities and nation-related words such as languages.
Examples:
French fries
Swiss cheese
Spanish omelet

4. Species Capitalize the first part of a species’ scientific name.
Example:
Homo sapien
Felis silvestris catus
Canis lupus familiaris

5. That’s all, folks!
This lesson is part of the UWF Writing Lab Grammar Mini-Lesson Series
Lessons adapted from Real Good Grammar, Too by Mamie Webb Hixon
To find out more, visit the Writing Lab’s website where you can take a self-scoring quiz corresponding to this lesson