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    The document discusses when to use capital letters in writing. It lists 10 situations that require capitalization: 1) for the personal pronoun "I"; 2) at the beginning of sentences; 3) for abbreviations and acronyms; 4) for days, months, and holidays; 5) for countries, languages, nationalities, and religions; 6) for people's names and titles; 7) for trademarks and organization names; 8) for places and monuments; 9) for vehicle names; and 10) for book, poem, song, play, and film titles. It then provides a practice exercise applying these capitalization rules.

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    Rules for capitalisation in English

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    Capitalisation

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    The document discusses when to use capital letters in writing. It lists 10 situations that require capitalization: 1) for the personal pronoun "I"; 2) at the beginning of sentences; 3) for abbreviations and acronyms; 4) for days, months, and holidays; 5) for countries, languages, nationalities, and religions; 6) for people's names and titles; 7) for trademarks and organization names; 8) for places and monuments; 9) for vehicle names; and 10) for book, poem, song, play, and film titles. It then provides a practice exercise applying these capitalization rules.

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    CAPITALISATION

    When do we use capital letters?

    1) For the personal pronoun I.


    Tomorrow I am going to go shopping.

    2) To begin a sentence or a speech.


    Suddenly Mary asked, Do you love me?
    The man arrived. He sat down.

    3) For abbreviations and acronyms.


    G.M.T. or GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)
    N.A.T.O. or NATO or Nato (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

    4) For the days of the week, months of the year, holidays.


    Monday, Tuesday
    January, March
    Christmas, Easter

    5) For countries, languages & nationalities, religions.


    China, France
    Japanese, English
    Christianity, Buddhism
    6) For peoples names and titles.
    Anthony, Ram, William Shakespeare
    Professor Jones, Dr. Smith
    Captain Kirk, King Henry VIII

    7) For trade-marks and names of companies and other organizations.


    Coca Cola, Walkman
    Microsoft Corporation, Toyota
    the United Nations, the Red Cross

    8) For places and monuments.


    London, Paris, the Latin Quarter
    the Eiffel Tower, St Paul's Cathedral
    Buckingham Palace, the White House
    Oxford Street, Fifth Avenue
    Jupiter, Mars, Sirius
    Asia, the Middle East, the North Pole

    9) For names of vehicles like ships, trains and spacecraft.

    the Titanic
    the Orient Express, the Flying Scotsman
    Challenger 2, the Enterprise

    10) For for titles of books, poems, songs, plays, films etc.

    War And Peace


    If, Futility
    Like a Virgin
    The Taming of the Shrew
    The Lion King, Gone With The Wind

    Practice Exercise
    a. the statue of liberty is located in new york harbor.
    b. "happy birthday, kayla!" jack cheered.
    c. playing scrabble is a good way to improve your vocabulary.

    d. "place the flowers in the vase," remarked tyneal, "and put them on the front table."
    e. pizza and hamburgers were popular choices for the party.
    f. dr. seuss's the cat in the hat was played by jim carey in the movie.

    g. "what did mom say when you told her you were invited to go to washington, d.c., with
    teddy?" james asked.
    h. juneau is the capital of alaska, our forty-ninth state.

    i. subs are called grinders, po' boys, and hoagies in different parts of the united states.
    j. grandpa told my uncle that aunt penny and allison went to the grove to go shopping.

    Answers
    a. The Statue of Liberty is located in New York Harbor.
    b. "Happy birthday, Kayla!" Jack cheered.
    c. Playing Scrabble is a good way to improve your vocabulary.

    d. "Place the flowers in the vase," remarked Tyneal, "and put them on the front table."
    e. Pizza and hamburgers were popular choices for the party.
    f. Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat was played by Jim Carey in the movie.

    g. "What did Mom say when you told her you were invited to go to Washington, D.C.,
    with Teddy?" James asked.
    h. Juneau is the capital of Alaska, our forty-ninth state.

    i. Subs are called grinders, po' boys, and hoagies in different parts of the United States.
    j. Grandpa told my uncle that Aunt Penny and Allison went to The Grove to go shopping.

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