The document outlines various capitalization rules including: 1) Capitalizing the first word of a quoted sentence and proper nouns like names and titles. 2) Capitalizing titles when they precede or follow a name but not when used in a general descriptive sense. 3) Capitalizing compass directions only when referring to specific regions. 4) Capitalizing the first and last words of publication titles as well as short verb forms within titles.

1. CAPITALIZATION RULES

2. 1 Capitalize the first word of a
quoted sentence. Example – He
said, “Treat her as you would
your own daughter.”

3. 2. Capitalize a proper noun.
Example – Biliran Bridge

4. 3. Capitalize the person’s title when
it follows the name on the address
or signature line.
Example – Ms. Petrov, Chairperson

5. 4. Always capitalize the first and last words of
titles of publications, regardless of their parts of
speech. Capitalize other words within titles,
including the short verb forms Is, Are, and Be.
a. Exception: Do not capitalize little words
within titles such as a, an, the, but, as, if, and,
or, nor, or prepositions, regardless of their length.
b. Example – The Day of the Jackal

6. 5. Capitalize the points of a
compass only when they refer to
specific regions.
a. Examples – We have had three
relatives visit from the South.

7. 6. Capitalize a person’s title when it
precedes the name. Do not capitalize when
the title is acting as a description following
the name.
Example – Chairperson Petrov
b. Example – Ms. Petrov, the chairperson of
the company, will address us at noon.

8. 7. Capitalize the titles of high-ranking government
officials when used with or before their names. Do
not capitalize the civil title if it is used instead of
the name.
a. Examples – The governors, lieutenant governors,
and attorney generals are called a special task
force.
b. Governor Fortinbrass, Lieutenant Governor
Poppins, Attorney General Dalloway, and Senators
James and Twain will attend.

9. 8. Always capitalize the first and last words of titles of
publications, regardless of their parts of speech.
Capitalize other words within titles, including the short
verb forms Is, Are, and Be.
a. Exception: Do not capitalize little words within
titles such as a, an, the, but, as, if, and, or, nor, or
prepositions, regardless of their length.
b. Example – The Day of the Jackal

10. 9. Capitalize any title when
used as a direct address.
a. Will you take my
temperature, Doctor?

11. 10. Capitalize the points of a compass
only when they refer to specific
regions.
Examples – a. We have had three
relatives visit from the South.
b. Go south and then turn left.

12. 11. Capitalize federal or state when used as
part of an official agency name or in
government documents where these terms
represent an official name. If they are being
used as general terms, you may use
lowercase letters.
a.Examples – The State Board of Equalization
collects sales taxes.
b. We will visit three states during our
summer vacation.

13. 12. Do not capitalize when only one
sentence follows a sentence ending
with a colon.
a. Example – I love Jane Smiley’s
writing: her book, A Thousand Acres,
was beautiful.

14. 13. Capitalize when two or
more sentences follow a
sentence ending with a colon.
a. Example – I love Jane
Smiley’s writing: her book, A
Thousand Acres, was beautiful.
Also, Moo was clever

15. 14. You may capitalize words such as
department, bureau, and office if you have
prepared your text in the following way:
a. Example – The Bureau of Land
Management has some jurisdiction over
Indian lands. The Bureau is finding its
administrative role to be challenging.

16. 15. Capitalize the first word of a
salutation and the first word of a
complimentary close.
a. Example – My dear Mr. Sanchez b.
Very truly yours

17. 16. Capitalize the names of specific
course titles.
a. Example – I must take history and
Algebra 2.

18. 17. Capitalize words derived from
proper nouns.
a. Example – I must take English and
math. Note: English is capitalized
because it comes from the proper
noun England, but math does not
come from Mathland.

19. 18. After a sentence ending with a
colon, do not capitalize the first word
if it begins a list.
a. Example – These are my favorite
foods: chocolate cake, spaghetti, and
artichokes.

20. MARGIN SPACING INDENTION
Margin is an equal importance in the
appearance or personality of a
written piece
Free spaces between words and
markers in a written piece
Indention as well in essential in the
paragraphs of a written text.
If using a computer, click margin in
the task bar and click normal or
narrow; you can also customized it
by setting the desired margin.
Capitalized the first letter of the
word in each sentence and end each
sentence with a punctuation mark.
If in handwriting, observes one inch
in the top, and left margin, while
one-half inch in the right, and two
inches in the bottom margin
To indent text, move the cursor to
the front of the line and press Tab in
the keyboard or instead of using the
Tab key, you can use the space bar,
be consistent of using 5 if not 7
spaces indention