THE USE OF CAPITAL LETTERS

 

THE USE OF CAPITAL LETTERS

In English, the letters are nearly divided into two types – Capital letters or Upper case letters (ABCD) and Lower case letters (abcd).

For most of the usage, we use lower case letters only but there are certain places where we must use capital letters.

Usage of capital letter:

i)                Initial letter of the first word in a sentence.

For example, They left early today.

Here, the letter ‘T’ is the initial letter of the first word in the sentence and it is marked as capital letter and rest all letters are in a lower case in the sentence.

ii)              Initial letter of the name or proper noun.

For example, Rakesh is with Mary and John.

Here, ‘Rakesh’, ‘Mary’ and ‘John’ are proper noun, So, the initial letters of these words are in capital case.

iii)             Initial letter of the main words in the titles of people, places or works of art.

For example, Professor John teaches English Grammar.

Here, we used ‘Professor’ as a title to address ‘John.’

iv)             Initial letter of the days of the week, months of the year and religious festivals.

For example, This Saturday we are planning for a picnic.

Here, the initial letter – ‘S’ of the day ‘Saturday’ is in capital letter.

v)               Initial letter of God be it a noun or pronoun.

For example, God ask us to trust Him.

Here, ‘God’ and ‘Him’ – both are used to refer God.

vi)             Initial letter of a noun that is a trade name.

For example, Xerox is a company that sells print and digital document solutions.

Here, ‘Xerox’ is a trade name.

Note: Don’t overuse it.

 

AUTHOR

Dr L Suresh

Assistant Professor of English

Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science

Coimbatore - 641020

Contact: 9944138137

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