CAPITALIZATION •Capitalize the first word of a sentence.–Every writer should own a good dictionary.•Capitalize the first word of a direct quotationthat is a complete sentence.–John F. Kennedy said, “Ask not what yourcountry can do for you; ask what you can dofor your country.”•Do not capitalize the first word of a quotationthat cannot stand as a complete sentence.–The reporter characterized the scene as oneof “complete, absolute chaos.”•Capitalize the first word of a complete sentencethat stands by itself in brackets. Do not capitalizea sentence in brackets if it is within anothersentence.–(The experiment should take five minutes.)–Set out your lab equipment (the experimentshould take five minutes) and work with your partner.Capitalization of proper nouns •Capitalize most words in titles and subtitles ofworks. Do not capitalize: articles (a, an, the),to infinitives, and connecting words (prepositionsand conjunctions) unless they are the first or last word of a title or come after a colon or semicolon. -The Sound and the Fury -Management: A New Theory -“Courtship Through the Ages” -“Once More to the Lake” -“The Truth About AIDS” -Only when I Laugh •Always capitalize the prefix or first word in a hyphenated word within a title. Capitalize the second word only if it is a noun or an adjective or is as important as the first word. -“Applying Stage Make-up” -Through the Looking-Glass •Always capitalize the pronounIand the interjectionO. I love to stay up at night. -He who thinks himself wise, O heavens, is a great fool. •Capitalize proper nouns, proper adjectives, and words used as essential parts of proper nouns.•A proper noun names a specific person, place, or thing:Shakespeare, California, World War I. •A proper adjective is formed from some proper nouns:Shakespearean, Californian. •Capitalize all proper nouns and proper adjectives but not the articles (a, an, the) that precede them. Stephen Kingthe Leaning Tower of Pisa New York Citythe Rocky Mountains MondayMayChristmas the Vietnam Warthe Middle Ages the Bill of rightsthe Romantic Movement Northeast High SchoolHouse of Representatives Boston CelticsDemocratic Party, Democrats Sierra ClubLeague of Women Voters Native AmericanItalian Islam, MuslimsChristianity, Christians GodBuddha The Biblethe Qur’an •Capitalize common nouns used as essential parts of proper nouns such as streets, avenues, parks, rivers, oceans, lakes, companies, colleges, counties and memorials.