Five Common Capitalization Rules

capitalization  Capitalization rules are numerous and quite often challenging This discussion focuses on the most basic rules used in capitalization  Capitalization is the writing of a word with its first letter in uppercase and the remaining letters in lowercase Experienced writers are stingy with capitals

Microsoft style uses sentence-style capitalization That means everything is lowercase except the first word and proper nouns  Microsoft style uses sentence-style capitalization That means everything is lowercase except the first word and proper nouns

Capitalization in Sentences When you start a new sentence, the first letter of the first word has to be capitalized After each period, a new sentence starts, Capitalization in English Capitalization or capitalisation in English grammar is the use of a capital letter at the start of a word English usage varies from