Punctuation

Capitalize this!

1. The first word of every sentence.
2. The first-person singular pronoun, I.
3. The first, last, and important words in a title.
4. Proper nouns

·         Specific persons and things: George W. Bush, the White House, General Motors Corporation.

·         Specific geographical locations: Hartford, Connecticut, Africa, Forest Park Zoo, Lake Erie, the Northeast, the Southend.

·         Names of celestial bodies: Mars, Saturn, the Milky Way. Do not, however, capitalize earth, moon, sun, except when those names appear in a context in which other (capitalized) celestial bodies are mentioned. "I like it here on earth," but "It is further from Earth to Mars than it is from Mercury to the Sun.

·         Names of newspapers and journals. Do not, however, capitalize the word the, even when it is part of the newspaper's title: the Hartford Courant.

·         Days of the week, months, holidays. Do not, however, capitalize the names of seasons (spring, summer, fall, autumn, winter). "Next winter, we're traveling south; by spring, we'll be back up north."

·         Historical events: World War I, the Renaissance, the Crusades.

·         Races, nationalities, languages: Swedes, Swedish, African American, Jewish, French, Native American. (Most writers do not capitalize whites, blacks.)

·          Names of religions and religious terms: God, Christ, Allah, Buddha, Christianity, Christians, Judaism, Jews, Islam, Muslims.

·          Names of courses: Economics, Biology 101.

·         Brand names: Tide, Maytag, Chevrolet.

5.      Names of relationships only when they are a part of or a substitute for a person's name. (Often this means that when there is a modifier, such as a possessive pronoun, in front of such a word, we do not capitalize it.)

·         Let's go visit Grandmother today. Let's go visit my grandmother today.

·         I remember Uncle Arthur. I remember my Uncle Arthur. My uncle is unforgettable.

This also means that we don't normally capitalize the name of a "vocative" or term of endearment:

·         Can you get the paper for me, hon?

·         Drop the gun, sweetie. I didn't mean it.

Kamu juga dapat mengunjungi  http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/capital.asp