The document outlines 16 rules for capitalization in English, including capitalizing the pronoun "I", the first word of each sentence, names of people, organizations, places, months, days of the week, titles, acronyms, initialisms, course titles, and the first word of a quote. Examples are provided to illustrate each rule.

1. RULES IN CAPITALIZATION
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2. RULES IN CAPITALIZATION
1. Capitalize the pronoun “I”.
 Jennifer and I went to the movie yesterday.
2. Capitalize the first letter of the first word of each
sentence.
 Learning to listen is respecting others.

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3. Capitalize the first letter of names of people,
organizations, and places.
 Juan went on a trip to Tokyo, Japan for his
company, German Motors Corporation.
4. Capitalize the first letter of adjectives that are
made from names of people and places.
 I like Mexican food.
 We believe in some Filipino sayings.

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5. Capitalize initials.
 My brother’s favorite author is H.G. Wells.
6. Capitalize the first letter of directions only when they
are used to designate actual places, not when they
point in a direction.
 When we visited the Southwest Luzon, we actually
had to drive north.
 I’m facing north.
 We live in Northern Philippines.

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7. Capitalize the first letter of the names of months
and days of the weeks.
 My birthday will be on Friday next June.
8. Capitalize the official title of a person (including
abbreviations), but only when you use it with the
person’s name.
 Did Clarissa recommend Dr. Montoya to you?
 Arnold wants to be a doctor someday.

6. RULES IN CAPITALIZATION
9. Capitalize words used as names or parts of
names.
 Did Uncle George call my dad?
 I don’t know if he is my uncle.
10. Capitalize the first letter of important words in a
title of a book, magazine, story, essay, etc.
 I enjoyed Mark’s essay, “The Truth About Being a
Good Student.”

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11. Capitalize historical events and documents.
 The Renaissance is an important part of World
history.
 Who was born during World War 11?
12. Capitalize acronyms. (An acronym is a word
formed by the first, or first few letters of words in
a long name of an organization.)
 CARE is the Cooperative of Autism Rescue
Enthusiast.

8. RULES IN CAPITALIZATION
13. Capitalize the name of languages, races,
nationalities, and religions.
 I learned in Spanish class that several Hispanics are
Catholic.
14. Capitalize initialisms. (An initialism is similar to
acronym, but a word is not formed from the letters.)
 The Central Intelligence Agency is simply known as
the CIA.
 What does DOJ stand for?

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15. Capitalize the names of specific course titles
but not the course or general subject itself.
 I must take any history subject and Algebra 2.
 Philippine History was my favorite last semester.
 I really find english subjects difficult.
16. Capitalize the first word of a quoted sentence.
 “Look out!” she screamed. “You almost ran into
my child.”

10. Capitalization Exercise
1. every december, i can hardly wait for santa claus.
2. friday is the best day because we order pizza from
domino’s.
3. the best television shows are spongebob and ben
10.
4. my favorite song is we will rock you.
5. king david ruled over israel.

11. ANSWERS
 Every December, I can hardly wait for Santa Claus.
 Friday is the best day because we order pizza from
Domino’s.
 The best television shows are Spongebob and Ben
10.
 My favorite song is We Will Rock You.
 King David ruled over Israel.

12.  i have the coolest book called encyclopedia of
the world. it shows pictures of africans, asians,
animals, and architecture. it explains how the
coliseum in greece was built and why the leaning
tower of pisa leans. my dad likes reading about
war of the roses and russian revolution. it also
explains about different groups of people, like
catholics, protestants, and jews. also included is
information about zoos, including the san diego
zoo.

13. ANSWERS
 I have the coolest book called Encyclopedia of
the World. It shows pictures of Africans, Asians,
animals, and architecture. It explains how the
Coliseum in Greece was built and why the
Leaning Tower of Pisa leans. My dad likes
reading about War of the Roses and Russian
Revolution. It also explains about different
groups of people, like Catholics, Protestants, and
Jews. Also included is information about zoos,
including the San Diego Zoo.