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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Historical documents (Bill of Rights, U.S. Constitution)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. Second Capitalization List
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5. Sound a like words Part Four
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6. Confusing usage words part six
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7. Regular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
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8. the noun
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9. the adverb
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10. complete and simple subjects
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11. the object of the preposition
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12. More Apostrophe Situations
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13. the indirect object
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14. irregular verbs part two
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15. the noun clause
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16. the prepositional phrase
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17. Confusing usage words part three
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18. Irregular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
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19. agreement involving prepositional phrases
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20. The possessive case
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21. Confusing usage words part two
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22. complex sentences
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23. Quotation Marks Part Two
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24. subject verb agreement situations
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25. the preposition
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26. the adjective phrase
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27. the verb
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28. the adverb clause
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29. The Colon
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30. The possessive case
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31. types of sentences by purpose
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32. complete and simple predicates
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33. The nominative case
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34. Confusing usage words part seven
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35. Using Capital Letters
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36. The verb be
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37. agreement between indefinite pronouns and their antecedents
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38. the subordinating conjunction
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39. the infinitive and infinitive phrase
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40. Periods Question Marks and Exclamation Marks
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41. The Semicolon
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42. regular verb tenses
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43. subject and verb agreement
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44. the correlative conjunction
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45. the interjection
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46. compound subject and compound predicate
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47. reflexive demonstrative and interrogative pronouns
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48. the adjective
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49. sentences fragments and run on sentences
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50. The possessive case and pronouns
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