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Practical English Grammar


First Capitalization List


Here are names of people, places, and things to capitalize. This is the first
of two lists of names that require capital letters.

Albums (Abbey Road, Grease)
Awards (Emmys®, Oscars®)
Bodies of water (Atlantic Ocean, Lake Superior)
Books (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, the Bible)
Buildings and other structures (the Taj Mahal, Empire State Building)
Businesses (Moe’s Greeting Cards, Tom’s Beverage)
Car models (Toyota Camry, Nissan Sentra)
CD’s (Nannie’s Tunes, Three Famous Composers)
Chapters and other parts of a book (‘‘My Life,’’ ‘‘Soccer’’)
Cities (Fresno, Tallahassee)
Comic strips (Peanuts, For Better or Worse)
Computer programs (Microsoft Word, Excel)
Constellations (Aquarius, Libra)
Continents (Africa, Asia)
Counties (Norfolk, Dade)
Countries (Spain, Ireland)
Days (Thursday, Saturday)
Essays (‘‘Self Reliance,’’ ‘‘The Philosophy of Composition’’)
Family names (Uncle John, Cousin Moe)
Galaxies (Milky Way, Andromeda)
Governmental bodies (U.S. Senate, Department of the Interior)
Historical documents (Bill of Rights, U.S. Constitution)
Historical events and periods (Battle of Bunker Hill, the Renaissance)
Holidays (Labor Day, Fourth of July)
Holy days (Ramadan, Yom Kippur)
Institutions (Marquette University, City College of New York)
Islands (Aruba, Crete)
Months (January, December)
Monuments (Mount Rushmore, Lincoln Memorial)
Mountains (Rocky Mountains, Appalachian Mountains)
Movies (Rocky, The Outsiders)
Musical works (Dark Side of the Moon, If I Were a Rich Man)
Nationalities (Greek, Chinese)

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Notes


Practical English Grammar - Notes
1. Italics Hyphens and Brackets
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2. Quotation Marks Part Three
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3. compound subjects part two
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4. Using Capital Letters
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5. the prepositional phrase
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6. what good writers do
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7. the indirect object
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8. The possessive case
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9. the direct object
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10. the adverb
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11. the adjective clause
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12. The verb be
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13. the appositive
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14. Sound a like words Part Two
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15. The Colon
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16. the pronoun
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17. The Apostrophe
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18. complete and simple subjects
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19. Commas Part Four
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20. Second Capitalization List
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21. personal pronouns
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22. Confusing usage words part three
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23. Commas Part Three
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24. Quotation Marks Part Two
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25. types of nouns
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26. complex sentences
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27. the noun clause
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28. Periods Question Marks and Exclamation Marks
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29. the correlative conjunction
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30. Confusing usage words part one
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31. Confusing usage words part four
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32. Confusing usage words part six
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33. Transitive and intransitive verbs
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34. subject complements predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives
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35. More Apostrophe Situations
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36. introducing clauses
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37. the adverb clause
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38. Confusing usage words part three
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39. complete and simple predicates
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40. Confusing usage words part two
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41. Sound alike words part one
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42. Sound a like words Part Four
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43. Commas Part Five
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44. The nominative case
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45. Commas Part One
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46. Quotation Marks Part One
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47. the object of the preposition
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48. the verb
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49. Indefinite pronouns and the possessive case
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50. Confusing usage words part eight
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