by Maestri
| The table below summarizes general capitalization rules. Rules having to do with specific categories of proper nouns are dealt with in the next section. |
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Capitalize the first word of a sentence. If the first word is a number, write it as a word. |
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This is the first word of the sentence.
Three of us worked the early shift. |
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Capitalize the pronoun I or the contraction I’m, and the abbreviations B.C. or A.D. |
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The group left when I asked them to go.
The manuscript was dated 501 A.D. |
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Capitalize the first word of a quotation.
Do not capitalize the first word of a partial quotation. |
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I said, “What’s the name of your dog?”
He called me “the worst excuse for a student” he had ever seen. |
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