Capitalization: People & Cultures

Capitalization: People & Cultures

8th Period

Capitalize people's names and initials

• William C. Bryant

• W.C. Handy

Capitalize titles and the abbreviations of titles used before personal names or in direct address. Capitalize the abbreviations of some titles when they follow a name.

• Professor Lee

• Dr. Darren Ames

• Hello, Senator

• Julia Bishop, M.D.

Capitalize titles of heads of state, royalty, or nobility only when they are used before a person's name or in a place of a person's name. Do not capitalize titles when they are used without a proper name

• Sir Winston Churchill

• The Prince of Monaco attended the dinner last night.

• The prince waved to the crowd.

Capitalize the titles indicating family relationships only when the titles are used as names or parts of names. Do NOT capitalize a family name when it follows the person's name or is used without a proper name.

• Grandpa Joe

• Uncle Bill

• Jerome, my cousin, is starting college

Always capitalize the pronoun, I

• I am going to Kroger this afternoon.

• Callie and I are going to Disney World (I wish).

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Capitalize the names of religions, sacred days, sacred writings, and gods. Do not capitalize the word god or goddess when they refer to a group of gods.

• Islam

• Easter

• Torah

• Isis

Capitalize the names of nationalities, languages, races, and some ethnic groups, and the adjectives formed from these names.

• Brazillian

• Irish American

• Caucasian

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Multiple Choice

1. What should be capitalized in the following sentence?

My friend marie plays the French horn in our local band.

• friend

• marie

• local

Multiple Choice

2. What should be capitalized in the following sentence?

Where did Eve learn to speak portuguese so fluently?

• portuguese

• did

• fluently

Multiple Choice

3. What should be capitalized in the following sentence?

How would you rate the bill's chance of passing, senator?

• bill's

• passing

• senator

Multiple Choice

4. What should be capitalized in the following sentence?

My dad and i have a doctor's appointment tomorrow.

• dad

• i

• appointment

Multiple Choice

5. What should be capitalized in the following sentence?

My dentist is Johnathan Woodyard, d.d.s.

• dentist

• is

• d.d.s