Chapter 13
Hitting the Big Time: Capital Letters
IN THIS CHAPTER
Choosing capitals for job titles and names
Selecting capitals for words referring to places and time periods
Deciding which school and business terms need capitalization
Finding out when to capitalize letters in titles of works
Determining which abbreviations get capitals
Most people know the basics of capitalization: Capital letters are needed for proper names, the personal pronoun I, and the first letter of a sentence. Trouble may arrive with the finer points of capital letters — in quotations (which I cover in Chapter 10), titles (of people and of publications), abbreviations, geography and history, and school or business terms. Never fear. In this chapter you get to practice all those topics. If you want to fine-tune your capitalization skills in texts, tweets, emails, and presentation slides, turn to Chapter 14.
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