Capitalization

Capitalization is the use of uppercase letters at the beginning of sentences, proper nouns, and titles.

We capitalize the first word in a sentence to indicate the beginning of a new thought.

Proper nouns are specific names of people, places, or organizations that are always capitalized.

In titles, we capitalize the first word, the last word, and all major words in between.

Short conjunctions, articles, and prepositions (like 'and', 'the', 'in') are usually not capitalized unless they are the first or last word.

Quotation marks are used to show the exact words spoken by a person.

Commas are placed after the greeting and before the closing in a letter.

The correct way is 'The Cat in the Hat'.

The correct way is 'Green Eggs and Ham'.

Days of the week are always capitalized because they are proper nouns.