<p>Capitalization Rules</p><p>1. Capitalize the first word of a sentence, personal titles, and names of people.</p><p> Mrs. Morris left her coat here.</p><p>2. Capitalize days of the week and months of the year.</p><p> Did you ask if the OEA contest is to be on Friday?</p><p>3. Capitalize cities, states, countries, and specific geographic features.</p><p> When you were in Nevada, did you visit Hoover Dam?</p><p>4. Capitalize names of clubs, schools, organizations, and companies.</p><p> The Beau Monde Singers will perform at Music Hall.</p><p>5. Capitalize the names of historic periods and events and special events.</p><p> The Fourth of July honors the American Revolution.</p><p>6. Capitalize streets, roads, avenues, buildings, and other specific structures.</p><p> Jemel lives at Bay Towers near Golden Gate Bridge.</p><p>7. Capitalize an official title when it precedes a name and elsewhere if it is a title of high distinction.</p><p> Andrew Jones, our class president, made the awards. 8. Capitalize initials; also capitalize letters in abbreviations if the letters would be capitalized when the words are spelled out.</p><p> He said that UPS stands for United Parcel Service.</p>