Basic Rules Of Capitalization
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00:00Hi kids, today we will learn what are the capitalization rules, so let's start.
00:11As we see, there are some words in the sentences which are capital, whereas some starts with
00:18small letter.
00:21Now we will learn the basic rules.
00:24When we capitalize the letters in a sentence, first and foremost common rule is that we
00:31capitalize the first letter of proper nouns, that is names of persons, rivers, mountains,
00:40cities, days, etc.
00:45And also we capitalize every word in a name.
00:50Like name may consist of one word, two words, or even three words or more, so every word
00:58in a name is capitalized.
01:02So there are just so many rules, we will be learning these rules one by one.
01:10The first rule is proper names are always capitalized.
01:16It can be names of persons like Ebony, Olivia, John.
01:23And if the name consists of more than one word, we have to capitalize every word.
01:30John Carter.
01:33So you cannot write like this as C is not capital here.
01:38You have to capitalize each word in a name.
01:43Yes, this is right.
01:46J will be capital, C will be capital.
01:51Mr. Cubic Berry.
01:53Again, this is wrong.
01:56You have to capitalize each word.
02:00First word of the title, also, and every word in the name also.
02:07Mr. Cubic Berry is right.
02:10M capital, C capital, and B capital.
02:17Dr. Eben Mori.
02:20This is wrong.
02:22We have to capitalize each word in the name, including the title.
02:27Yes, now it's right.
02:30D capital, E capital, and M capital.
02:36Dr. Eben Mori.
02:39Now it's right.
02:43President Lauren.
02:45This is wrong.
02:47You will write President Lauren with P capital and L capital as President is the position.
02:56And it's coming right before the name.
02:59So whenever the position of the name is coming before the name, you have to capitalize that
03:05too.
03:07Likewise, we capitalize all exact names.
03:12They can be names of places, rivers, seas, bridges, dams, just anything.
03:21Indian Ocean.
03:23Wrong.
03:24You have to capitalize each word.
03:27Yes, now it's correct.
03:30I capital and O capital.
03:34South America.
03:37You have to capitalize each word.
03:39Yes, now it's correct.
03:43So friends, remember you have to capitalize each word in a name, including position and
03:51the title.
03:53Here are examples.
03:56Mr. Joseph Morin.
03:59Miss Barry Morin.
04:01Dr. Albert D'Souza.
04:04Pilot Ferraro.
04:07Lawyer Olivia.
04:09Indian Ocean.
04:11North America.
04:13We have capitalized each word, whether it's title, position, or parts of a name.
04:21Statue of Liberty.
04:24Here we have three words in a name, but the middle word is not a name.
04:29It's a preposition.
04:32Using such words with prepositions in them, we capitalize only the names in them, not
04:39the prepositions.
04:40Yes, it's written like this, S capital, L capital.
04:48O is not required to be capitalized, as it's a preposition in the name.
04:55A name can consist of many words, like name of a university, or name of a college.
05:05Cape Town Howard University.
05:09So you need to capitalize every word, whether they are four words, five words, or six words
05:16in a name.
05:19Central College of Beamingham.
05:22Again, you have capitalized every word, except for the preposition of.
05:30You need not capitalize O in the of.
05:35Write it like this.
05:39When we have the titles of books, newspapers, or articles, again, the same rule will be
05:45applied when we have to capitalize each word, except for the preposition.
05:53The Tale of Jack and Mice.
05:57The T of the is also capitalized because if the preposition comes at the first place,
06:05it is supposed to be capitalized.
06:08Now here is another rule.
06:12When you have a word to indicate family relationship just before the name, it is also capitalized.
06:21I have two aunts, but I live with Aunt Mary.
06:27Here we capitalize A that comes before the name Mary, as it is used to indicate the relationship
06:35or used as a title.
06:38So we have learned a lot about capitalizing names.
06:42Now we will learn another rule, and it is, first letter in every sentence is capitalized.
06:51Next rule, pronoun I is always capitalized.
06:57I am going to have a good book from the library, as I am free today.
07:03I will spend the whole day reading the book.
07:07I is coming at three places in these sentences, and all the places, I, is supposed to be capitalized.
07:18So friends, we learned some rules for capitalization.
07:24Now go ahead and take a quiz to learn more, bye bye.