英语专题讲解-capitals.ppt

A CAPITAL IDEA!,The Uses and Rules of Capital Letters,Capital Community College,CAPITALIZE THIS!,.a guide,to the proper care and feeding,of capital letters,Capitalize the first word of every sentence unless that sentence is in parentheses incorporated within another sentence.,Capitalize the personal pronoun,I,.,Glacial till or debris(,s,ome geologists call this material“garbage”)is often deposited in formations called,morains,.,Capitalize the names of family relations when they are used as substitutes for names:,I went to visit my,U,ncle Ted and,A,unt Margaret.,but.,I went with,my,m,om and,d,ad to visit,my,a,unt and,u,ncle.,G,randma and,G,randpa live with,D,ad and,M,om now.,Notice the role of the modifying pronoun here.,In,titles,capitalize the,first,last,and,all important words,.Usually,we,dont,capitalize articles,prepositions,and coordinating conjunctions.,I,n the,L,ake of the,W,oods,War and,P,eace,I,K,now,T,his,M,uch,I,s,T,rue,Capitalize names of specific persons,places,and geographical locations.,Dont capitalize directions.,My brother,C,harlie,who used to live in the,M,iddle,E,ast and write books about the,O,ld,W,est,now lives in,H,artford,C,onnecticut.,and proper nouns.,They moved up,n,orth,to the,s,outhern shore of Lake Erie.,but,Capitalize names of days of the week,months,and holidays.,Dont capitalize the names of seasons.,V,alentines,D,ay,which is always on,F,ebruary 14,falls on,T,uesday this year.,more on proper nouns.,Next,f,all,before the,w,inter storms begin,were heading south.,but,Capitalize the names of historical events.,Capitalize the names of religions and religious terms.,The,B,attle of the,B,ulge was an important event in,W,orld,W,ar,II,.,still more on proper nouns.,G,od,C,hrist,A,llah,B,uddha,C,hristianity,C,hristians,J,udaism,J,ews,I,slam,M,uslims,and,The,R,eformation took place in the,s,ixteenth,c,entury.,Capitalize the names of nations,nationalities,languages,and words based on such words.,We usually dont capitalize“white”and“black.”,S,omalia,S,wedish,E,nglish muffin,I,rish stew,J,apanese maple,J,ews harp,F,rench horn,still more on proper nouns.,There are very few,b,lacks in this predominantly,w,hite community.,but,Capitalize the names of academic courses,when theyre used as titles,.,B,rand names.,He took,C,arpentry 101,but he did much better in his,e,conomics and English,l,iterature courses.,even more on proper nouns.,F,ord,K,leenex,L,evis(not,j,eans),x,erox,on a,X,erox copier,A,dvil(but,a,spirin),and,Capitalize titles when they precede names.,.usually,not,after,a name.,D,ean Arrington introduced,P,resident Carter to,S,ecretary,Bogglesworth,.,The titles of people and offices.,Joe Chuckles,who was,c,hairman of the,b,oard of,d,irectors in 1995,has since retired.,but,You can capitalize the names of political entities in in-house publications to avoid confusion.,You would not capitalize those names in a newspaper report,say.,The,C,ounty and,C,ity have agreed to reimburse the,f,ederal,g,overnment for sewer expenses.,The titles of people and offices(2),At the last,c,ouncil meeting,the,c,ounty agreed to reimburse the,f,ederal,g,overnment.,but,Consult a good dictionary!,.like the online Merriam-Websters:,The best advice on capitalization:,This PowerPoint presentation was created by,Charles Darling,PhD,Professor of English and Webmaster,Capital Community College,Hartford,Connecticut,copyright November 1999,