6.1: Capitalization

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Rules for Capitalization
Capitalize the first letter of a sentence.	Students often visit their teachers during office hours.
The city, state, and country	New York, Maryland, England, Nigeria, Ethiopia, China
The adjective form of countries	English, Nigerian, Ethiopian, Chinese
The person identified by country	American(s), Nigerian(s), Canadian(s)
Indigenous groups	Iroquois, Yoruba, Maya
Languages	English, French, Twi, Dutch
Religions	Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, Christianity
Days and Months	Tuesday, February
The pronoun “I,” even when it appears in the middle of a sentence	My brother and I live in a small apartment.
The main words of titles of books, movies, poems, songs, etc.	Things Fall Apart, The Advantages of Cell Phones

Be careful! Don’t capitalize words such as mother, father, sister, doctor, teacher, etc. These are common nouns even though we often write about them as unique people in our lives.