CPGE-LYDEX -

BENGUERIR Classes: SUP Week:{ Oct. 03, 2022}

a.maaloum@lydex.ma

CAPITALIZATION vs lower case

Use capital letters in the following ways:

1. The first words of a sentence
2. The pronoun "I"
3. Proper nouns (the names of specific people, places, organizations, and sometimes things)
4. Family relationships (when used as proper names)
5. The names of God, specific deities, religious figures, and holy books
**Exception: Do not capitalize the non-specific use of the word "god."
6. Titles preceding names, but not titles that follow names
7. Directions that are names (North, South, East, and West when used as sections of the country, but not
as compass directions)
8. The days of the week, the months of the year, and holidays (but not the seasons used generally)
**Exception: Seasons are capitalized when used in a title.
9. The names of countries, nationalities, and specific languages
10. The first word in a sentence that is a direct quote
11. The major words in the titles of books, articles, and songs (but not short prepositions or the articles
"the," "a," or "an," if they are not the first word of the title)
12. Members of national, political, racial, social, civic, and athletic groups
13. Periods and events (but not century numbers)
14. Trademarks
15. Words and abbreviations of specific names (but not names of things that came from specific things but
are now general types)

Interpret the use of upper or lower case in the words underlined below:
1. André Gide once said, “Choose your enemies, but let the friends you choose.”
2. The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest ocean in the world.
3. God in His wisdom created every living being from water.
4. Halloween is an annual holiday observed on October 31.
5. Here is a present I bought for Mother.
6. Hindus worship Buddha.
7. I bet Democrats are winning the grounds these days.
8. I sent a thank-you note to Aunt Abigail, but not to my other aunts.
9. I was able to interview Miriam Moss, mayor of Littonville.
10. Jim’s house is two miles north of Otterbein.
11. Judy collects blue and white china.
12. Mothers Against Drunk Driving members are meeting in the amphitheater.
13. My wife and I are keen on french fries.
14. One of Jerry’s favorite books is the Catcher in the Rye.
15. Shakespeare died at the beginning of the seventeenth century.
16. She visits her parents abroad every spring.
17. She worked as the assistant to Mayor Hanolovi.
18. The Great Depression stroke the USA in about 1929.
19. The Greek gods are no longer recognized by people nowadays.
20. The Patels have moved to the Southwest.