Capitalization

Question 1

What’s capitalization

Answer 1

Capitalization means writing in Capital letters

Question 2

Why should capitalization be used sparingly

Answer 2

*They lack ascenders and descenders hence lacking the details that small letters don’t lack
*The longer a passage written appear in capitalization, the harder they are to understand and the more boring they appear to the reader

Question 3

Can a passage be written in Capital letters

Answer 3

*Short passages can be written in Capital letters
*Long passages cant

Question 4

What to capitalize in sentences

Answer 4

Generally, the first word of a sentence should be capitalized

Question 5

How to capitalize quotations

Answer 5

*Capitalize the 1st letter of a direct quotation that’s a complete sentence
*If the quotation is interrupted (by explanatory words) like ‘she said’, the 2nd part of the quotation won’t be capitalized
*If the 2nd part is not part of the 1st quotation, put a full stop after the interruption and start the 2nd part with capital letter
*Indirect speech/quotation do not have quotation marks or capital letter.
*Note that for a direct quotation that isn’t interrupted, the full stop comes before the quotation mark.

Question 6

What ro capitalize in academic writings

Answer 6

*Capitalize the of the major sections of your book
*Capitalize all references
*Acpjtalize l figures and tables
*Capitalize the references to the temperature scales, written out or abbreviated
*Capitalize names of specific courses and names of semesters

Question 7

What to capitalize in correspondence

Answer 7

*Capitalize the initials of each words in the salutation of letters
*Capitalize only the initial of the first word in the closing of a letter, write the 2nd word in small letters
*Capitalize both the title and the name of the person
*Capitalize the keywords in adresses

Question 8

Capitalizing proper nouns

Answer 8

*Capitalize proper nouns and their adjectives
*Ethnic groups, langauges, nations and adjectives that indicates nationality
*Days, months, festivals and historical dates
*Title of people and name of things when we refer to unique examples and not general example
*Organizations, business, institutions and so on
*At the beginning of each major in the title of books, work of art, plays etc

Question 9

Other rules of capitalization

Answer 9

*Use it for nouns and pronouns standing for God

Question 10

Common errors in capitalization

Answer 10

Do not. Capitalize;
*General words whose origin are words that are capitalized
*Names of chemical elements even though the symbols are capitalized
*Proper names when they’re used as common nouns