C is for Capital Letter

Capital letters are used for the following purposes:

1. We should use a capital letter as the first letter of a sentence or as the first letter of a dialogue in a story:

• She was tired. She sat down on the couch.
• He asked to confirm, “Are you coming with us?”

2. We should use capital letters while using abbreviations and acronyms:

• MA (Master of Arts)
• ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization)

3. We should use a capital letter in the name of the days of the week, months of the year, holidays:

• Sunday, Monday
• April, May
• Independence Day
• Holi

4. We should use a capital letter for the personal pronoun 'I':

• What can I do to help you?

5. We should use a capital letter as first letter in the name of countries, languages & nationalities, religions:

• India, England
• English, Hindi
• Hinduism, Islam

6. We should use a capital letter as first letter in people's names and titles:

• Akbar, Rahul, Maya
• Captain Hook, Dr Ram
• Duke, Earl

7. We should use a capital letter as first letter in brand names and names of organizations:

• Intel, Gucci
• Chanel
• Linux, The United Nations Organization

8. We should use a capital letter as first letter in names of places and monuments:

• Kerala, Dubai
• The Pyramids, Rome
• The White House
• Church Street, Pakistan
• Earth, Sun
• Malaysia, Texas

9. We should use a capital letter in names of titles of books, poems, songs, plays, films etc:

• As You Like It
• Jane Eyre
• Pride And Prejudice
• The Raven
• The Pirates Of The Caribbean

10. We can use capital letters to imply that a particular word is being spoken louder than  the rest.

• I said NOW!

11. As a shout out on online chat rooms.Using capital letters is considered as shouting and hence considered rude in many online chat rooms.

  

Have a nice day.

This post is a part of the APRIL A-Z Challenge