Capital Letters

Capital letters are useful signals for a reader. They have three main purposes:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 

Capitals signal the start of a new sentence

Example:

My house is on Main Street.

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Capitals show important words in a title.

Example: 

"Toy Story"     "Titanic"
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    Capitals signal proper names and titles.

    Example:

    John Smith
    Dr. Paula Jones

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    Examples

    Practice

    Selected material on this page has been adapted from work at Grammar Workout Web site.