Five Common Capitalization Rules

Capitalization in Sentences When you start a new sentence, the first letter of the first word has to be capitalized After each period, a new sentence starts,

English capitalization rules require that certain words, like proper nouns and the first word in a sentence, start with a capital letter

capitalization Capitalization is the writing of a word with its first letter in uppercase and the remaining letters in lowercase Experienced writers are stingy with capitals

capitalization This handout lists some guidelines for capitalization If you have a question about whether a specific word should be capitalized that doesn't fit under one