When to Use Capital Letters



A capital letter should be used: 

(1) At the beginning of every sentence. 

(2) For the initial letter of every proper noun, such as a person's name, the name of a town, country, nation, etc. 

(3) For the initial letter of every proper adjective; that is to say, adjectives made from proper nouns. Examples - The English people, the Indian mutiny, the American accent. 

(4) Whenever the personal pronoun I am written no matter where it is placed in a sentence. The vocative 0 is treated in exactly the same way; but oh the interjection, is given a capital letter only when it comes at the beginning of a sentence. 

(5) For the first letter of the words Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, etc., January, February, March, etc., Easter Whitsun, Christmas, etc. 

(6) For the first letter of every line of poetry. 

(7) For the first letter of the names of the Deity, as God, Lord, Almighty, etc. and often for the personal attributes of the Deity, or for pronouns used in place of the name, as His, Who, Glory, etc. 

(8) For the first letter of a quotation put in inverted commas.

(9) For the first letter of a little, asking George, War of Independence, Daily Mail. It is also advisable to use a capital for each important word in the title of a book, a play, etc., as it's Never too Late to Mend. This is preferable to It's never too late to mend. 

(10)For the first letter of common nouns when they are personified, as come, Sweet Charity.