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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Historical documents (Bill of Rights, U.S. Constitution)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. Sound a like words Part Two
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9. the adjective clause
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10. The verb be
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11. The possessive case
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12. The Colon
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13. the adverb
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14. Quotation Marks Part Two
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15. complete and simple subjects
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16. The Apostrophe
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17. the direct object
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18. Confusing usage words part three
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19. Periods Question Marks and Exclamation Marks
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20. Commas Part Three
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21. complex sentences
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22. Confusing usage words part one
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23. Confusing usage words part three
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24. Transitive and intransitive verbs
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25. the adverb clause
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26. Confusing usage words part two
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27. complete and simple predicates
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28. types of nouns
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29. Confusing usage words part four
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30. sentences fragments and run on sentences
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31. Sound alike words part one
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32. subject complements predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives
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33. personal pronouns
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34. the appositive
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35. Sound a like words Part Four
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36. Commas Part Four
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37. The nominative case
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38. Confusing usage words part eight
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39. Confusing usage words part six
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40. irregular verbs part one
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41. Second Capitalization List
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42. compound subjects part one
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43. the interjection
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44. Confusing usage words part five
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45. Confusing usage words part seven
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46. First Capitalization List
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47. pronouns and their antecedents
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48. the subordinating conjunction
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49. the object of the preposition
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50. singular and plural nouns and pronouns
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