Wednesday, 2 November 2016

Capitalisation

Capital letters are used for two main purposes in English:
  • To show the beginning of a sentence
  • To show that a noun is a proper noun.
1. The first letter of every new sentence is capitalized.
For example:-
    The postman delivered the parcel. It was very heavy.
2. The pronoun I is always capitalized.
For example:-
    My Name is Abhishek, I am a student.
3. Proper nouns also called proper names are the words which name specific people, organisations or places.They always start with a capital letter.
For example:-
  • Person's Name:- Abhishek Kolloju.
  • Company Name:- Stone Profit System.
  • Organisation Name:- Rolls Royce.
  • Newspaper Name:- the Times.
  • Trademark:- WWW.
  • City, Country:- Hyderabad, India.
  • Street, Monuments, Meeting Room:- Manvers Road(the road), the Taj Mahal, the Effiel Tower(the tower), Room 301(the room).
  • Historical events, Documents, Acts, and Specific Periods of Time:-
  • the Civil War, the Declaration of Independence, the Freedom of Information Act, World War 1.
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