When do we Use Capital Letters?

　　What can I say?

　　2. Use a capital letter to begin a sentence or to begin speech:

　　The man arrived. He sat down.

　　Suddenly Mary asked, "Do you love me?"

　　3. Use capital letters for many abbreviations and acronyms¹:

　　G.M.T. or GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)

　　N.A.T.O. or NATO or Nato (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

　　4. Use a capital letter for days of the week, months of the year, holidays:

　　Monday, Tuesday

　　January, February

　　Christmas

　　Armistice² Day

　　5. Use a capital letter for countries, languages & nationalities, religions:

　　China, France

　　Japanese, English

　　Christianity, Buddhism³

　　6. Use a capital letter for people's names and titles:

　　Anthony, Ram⁴, William Shakespeare

　　Professor Jones, Dr Smith

　　Captain Kirk, King Henry VIII

　　7. Use a capital letter for trade-marks and names of companies and other organizations:

　　Pepsi Cola, Walkman

　　Microsoft Corporation, Toyota

　　the United Nations, the Red Cross

　　8. Use a capital letter for places and monuments:

　　London, Paris, the Latin Quarter

　　the Eiffel Tower, St Paul's Cathedral

　　Buckingham Palace, the White House

　　Oxford⁵ Street, Fifth Avenue

　　Jupiter, Mars, Syrius

　　Asia, the Middle East, the North Pole

　　9. Use a capital letter for names of vehicles like ships, trains and spacecraft:

　　the Titanic⁶

　　the Orient Express, the Flying Scotsman

　　Challenger 2, the Enterprise

　　10. Use a capital letter for titles of books, poems, songs, plays, films etc:

　　War And Peace

　　If, Futility⁷

　　Like a Virgin⁸

　　The Taming of the Shrew

　　The Lion King, Gone With The Wind

　　11. Use capitals letters (sometimes!) for headings, titles of articles, books etc, and newspaper headlines:

　　HOW TO WIN AT POKER⁹

　　Chapter 2: CLINTON'S EARLY LIFE

　　LIFE FOUND ON MARS!

　　MAN BITES DOG

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