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The First Letter of a Sentence ,[object Object],the girls thought they should be able to go swimming. The

In the Titles of Books In titles of books we capitalise the first word, the last word and all other important words in the title. We don’t tend to capitalise the ‘little’ words in a title (words like and, if, but, or etc) unless they are the first or last word. Try these: the merry adventures of robin hood. three men in a boat the lion, the witch and the wardrobe. T T T M M A R H B L W W

Proper Nouns ,[object Object],General directions do not need capitals. r aylor was missing his daughter, ouise, after she left to go to ydney in ew outh ales. He lived so far away from her in estern ustralia. Louise lives to the e ast of her father. M T L S N S W W A

Celebrations and Certain Times ,[object Object],[object Object],But don’t capitalise the names of the seasons. C hristmas D ay, which is always on D ecember 25 th, is my favourite holiday, after E aster. In autumn we enjoy the break from the hot summer. M onday J une S unday

Historical Events ,[object Object],W orld W ar I was also called T he W ar to E nd A ll W ars. Michaelangelo was a popular artist during the R enaissance period while Shakespeare was popular in the E lizabethan era.

Capital Letters for Gods and Religions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],This one is important because our God is called God, He is not just any god.

Capitalise Pronouns for God and Jesus ,[object Object],[object Object],Out of respect for God and Jesus we use capitals God knew H e wanted to show the people how much H e loved them and H e longed for them to love H im too.

Capitalise All Titles Before Names Capitalise titles when they come before names. We don’t normally do this if the title comes after a name . . . . Principal Lewis spoke to Dean Thyer. Mr Lewis, who is the principal at Swan Christian College, was speaking to Mr Thyer, who is one of the college’s deans.

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