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Capital Letters: When and Why to use them

Use capital letters (large letters) as the first letter of

• people's first and last (family) names (Celine Dion, Kevin Spacey, Abraham Lincoln)
• the pronoun I (English grammar is difficult, but I love it.)
• brand names of products (Ford Taurus, Chicago Bulls, Inca Kola)
• days of the week

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Friday	Saturday	Sunday

• months of the year

January	February	March	April
May	June	July	August
September	October	November	December

• holidays (Ramadan, Christmas, Tet, Yom Kippur, Fourth of July)
• first letter of the first word of a sentence (The cat chased the mouse.)
• names of cities, states, countries and continents (Boston, Massachusetts; Paris France; Europe)
• languages and adjectives from country names (the English language, Portuguese, the Japanese, Spanish, Arabic, Arabs)
• titles and courtesy titles (President Clinton [but, the president], Prince Charles, Mr., Mrs., Ms.)

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