Capital
letters
 1.
All sentences start
with a capital letter.
2. Capitals are used for
the names of people and places:
Jane
visited
Paris
with
her
friend
Vikki
Smith.
3.
They
are
used
when
a particular thing
is
being
named.
- days - Wednesday, Friday
- places - East Anglia
- rivers - the river Mersey
- buildings - the Tate Gallery
- institutions - the Catholic Church
- firms - British Aerospace
- organisations - the National Trust
- months - April, September
4.
Capitals
are
used
for
periods
of
history:
the
Middle
Ages the
Reformation
5.
They
are
also
used
in
the
titles
of
books,
plays,
films,
newspapers,
magazines,
songs,
and
works
of
art.
You
should
use
a
capital
for
the
first
word
and
any
important
terms.
Smaller
words
such
as
'and',
'of',
and
'the'
are
left
uncapitalised:
6.
Interesting
exception!
Capitals
are not used
for
the
seasons
of
the
year:
autumn winter spring summer
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