When to use CAPITAL LETTERS in English
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.ย. 2024
- Do you know when to use capital letters in titles? It seems so confusing. Some letters are capitalized and some are not. In this lesson, I focus on the extra-confusing words -- the ones that are sometimes capitalized and sometimes not! You'll learn the easy capitalization rules for writing about subjects, courses, companies, workplaces, occupations, and job titles. You'll also learn how to capitalize the names of movies, shows, books, songs, reports, articles, and more. You can do this -- watch and learn! Then take the quiz at www.engvid.com...
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Hi. I'm Rebecca from engVid, and this lesson is about confusing capitals. Now, usually when you learn the rules of English capitalization, certain words are always capitalized. Okay? For example, the first word in a sentence, the word "I", the names of people and places, and so on. Okay? Some words are always capitalized, but in this lesson I'm not going to review all of the rules of capitalization, but I am going to show you about when to capitalize certain words and when not to capitalize them, because sometimes the same words are capitalized in one context, but not capitalized in another context. But it's not hard to understand; it's actually very easy. Okay? So I'm going to explain it to you right now. Let's get started.
So, the first one is in the area of a subject or a course. For example, if we're talking about a subject that you study, for example, algebra, then you do not capitalize it. For example, if you say: "I'm studying algebra this year." Okay? So you're just talking about the subject, and therefore it's not capitalized. But if you're talking about the subject as a course, as the name of a course, then you do capitalize it. Okay? For example: "This year I'm taking Algebra 101." Okay? That's the name of that course, so you do capitalize it then. Okay? Let's look at another example. "She's studying psychology. This year she's studying... She's taking Psychology 201." Or: "She's enrolled in the Psychology 201 class." Okay? Excuse me. All right.
Another example: "I would like to study business in university." Okay? The person is being very general, just talking about the subject. But: "This year I'm taking a course called Global Business." Okay? Now you're giving the name of the course, right? So what's the rule here? If we're just talking about the general subject, no capital; if we're talking about the course, then yes, we do capitalize it. Okay? All right. There is one little exception: When we're talking about languages, and this is always true. So if you're studying French or whether you're taking French 101, you're always going to capitalize the name of a language. Okay? And that's just because in English we always capitalize the name of a language; doesn't matter which one. Okay? That's it. All right.
Now, when it comes to places, let's look at how it works. So, for example, if I say: "She works in a bank." Okay? A bank, the bank, it's just the place, the building or whatever. Okay? The business. So then it's not capitalized. But if I say: "She works at the Brookfield Bank", now I gave you the name of the bank, so therefore it is capitalized. Okay? Because, again, the name of something is capitalized; the name of a person, or a place. Right? So then it will be capitalized. Or I say: "I went to the library." Okay? "I often study at the library." Okay? Just a library in general, not capitalized. Or: "I often visit the Toronto Public Library." Now I'm giving you the name of a specific library, right? So, of course, it gets capitalized. Got it? Okay.
Or: "He goes to university." Okay? He's in university, just a regular word so we don't capitalize it. But: "He got admission to the University of Oxford." Okay, now we're giving the name of the university, so you do have to capitalize it. Okay? Got it? All right. So I hope that's pretty clear so far. All right? So when we're giving the name of a course or we're giving a name of the particular place, like a bank, a library, university, a school, a business-right?-then you're going to capitalize it; and otherwise, in general, not. Okay.
Now let's look when we're talking about professions and titles. So, the rule is like this: If you're just talking about... Let's say: "I went to see the doctor." Okay? Or: "I need to see a doctor." So if before the profession you say the word "a" or "the"-okay?-then you don't capitalize it because you're just talking about a doctor in general; you're not giving the name of the doctor, you're not saying which doctor. So, here we just say: "I need to see a doctor." Or: "I have an appointment with Dr. Patel." Now this is the name of the doctor, right? So then we need to capitalize the "D" for "Doctor" and, of course, his or her name. All right? Next: "I would like to speak to the professor." Okay? "The professor", again, general, so no capital, but here: "You need to make an appointment to see Professor Brown." […]
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Hello Rebecca! I love your lessons! Can you please teach us how to use "could be - could have been", "couldn't do - couldn't have done", "I couln't call you - I couldn't have called you" and so on. I know that many students have problems in this area, not only I. Thank you!
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I'm a native English speaker who has worked in corporate culture for 20 years and I learned things from this video!
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It is very clear . I think I can remember these and make less mistakes. Thank you 🙏 👍❤️😊
"Dear Miss Rebecca, Thank you for this amazing video it was very helpful. I just have one question if you are listing something would we capitalize the new word after the commas?".
No.
Thank you very much for your explanation about the use of Capitalization. It is so useful for my students.
It's really helpful to enhance English skills.
Excellent capitalization presentation, Rebecca.
Thanks for the lesson. Could you please make a video explaining the differences between present perfect and present perfect continuous?
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*_We Do Not Capitalize Every Single Word In A Sentence Like This Sentence._*
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Hello my friend I like your lesson. Can you please clear my doubt.1. on the board you have written nouns verbs and all are not in capital letters . But only Conjunction, Prepositions are in capital why?
A very useful lesson,indeed.Keep up the good work.
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Very good style of teaching
Could you cover the convention of news headlines? For instance, articles and the verb be are often left out like "100 killed by car crash".
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Please guide more about the sentence and capitalization
Which Manuel of styles are you using to write proper grammatical language in English I have not found all capitals as being English in any Manuel of styles
Dear teacher, I'm new to your channel & I want learn from the beginning. So what should l follow from your videos as 1st lesson? Sorry about my ugly English. Thank you!
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Thanks for your video! I'm not an English native speaker. Do I have to capitalize after a colon or the names of tenses? Thank you again for your help! :)
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I have a doubt, I know 101 is an introduction to any topic, but what the meaning of 201, is more advanced or what?
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Thank you! I often questioned myself why words in the names of books are capitalized. Now I see. It's just a rule))))))))
Something I"ve wondered about for 30 years now. There is a deliberate style of spelling a lot of people have used( and I mean a lot!) where, and its almost like a law, to never capitalize L's or I's. Apple computers borrowed from this style for their iMac, iPod, iPhone, etc.. I just saw an example of this today where somebody put a hand written sign next to some plants that read "DON'T REMOVE PlANTS!" At first I thought they misspelled paint. A lot of people have taken this a step further and mix printing and cursive in one word - Always with a small i and small l. People of all ages do this as well. Anybody know where this originated?
I've seen that in a lot of different places also. Now you see every word capitalized in a sentence on some news articles. It drives me crazy.
Very good presentation and explanation. Good process for teaching. Thanks.
When you say in general does it mean common noun?
So names. Can you think of any time you would capitalize "brown" but not refer to a proper noun? Kind of hard to explain what I mean.
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Ma'am.. when writing opposite words list... Is it important to write first letter capital
Depends
Thanks a lot, Rebecca. This is an excellent lesson. (Azores Islands, 28sept2021);
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Hi, Rebecca. I was wondering if You could answer if in English it is necessary to use capital letters in Personal Pronouns?
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only the personal pronoun I and any other in the beginning of a sentence
Superb explanation
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I gave the quiz. Thanks ma'am to help me.
What about color name in terms of note taking in IELTS listening??
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Why we use capital letters at the starting of a sentence
hey im new to the channel i dont know for sure if u said this in your video but can u tell me when there is a number in the begining of the sentence where does the capital go, like does it go bye bye or does it go next to the number like this (3 New words)
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Hi. If i want to say, i am doing Math Course ( as High School not University) Math Capital or Small?
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Do you capitalize show and tell and poetry contest?
sister, how about the word (against)? Do we use Capital Letter or not?
Ex: Defense Practice against(Against) Cyber Attacks
Hi madam Iam suresh from Andhra Pradesh.your explanation is so simple understanding.. Iam preparing for sub inspector final stage exam .. In this exam they asking descriptive type models please upload madam... In this chapters..( 1)precise writing,
(2)Report writing, (3) letter writing models ...
Excuse me teacher if we write any list of words , can we write the words starts with capital letters, as we listing them vertically
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Mam make a lession on simple complex and compound sentences
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May I know which of the following two sentences is better?
1. Indeed, the Lord is with the Patient.
2. Indeed, the Lord is with the patient.
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Here's a question for ya: If I'm writing a book, and I mention a sign that was written in all caps, such as "ICE COLD WATER HERE," then would I simply write it in all caps in my book, or would I just capitalize the first word, or every word, and then say "A sign reading 'Ice cold water here' in all caps"? I hope this question makes sense. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
What if it's a certification, like "Cambridge Univerity English Language Certification¨? It's all capital letters, right? Please help!
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Hello teacher. I read these lines in The Guardian online:
"They were later reinforced by the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Neyanyahu, who said Israel would not stop until complete victory.
The leak about the munitions contradicted claims by the US state department that it had no concerns and no assessment whether Israeli bombing could be in breach of international humanitarian law."
Why are "prime minister" and "state department" not capitalized? The first one is a title and the second is a place name.
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Ma'am please give some more examples of subject one point
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I don't know if I just knew the rules for capitalizing I've or I'm, or if i've always done it because my phone does. It's actually funny how much you can learn from the auto capitalization and auto correct on your phone lol..
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Ma'am, can u pls show up light on when to capitalise: sun, sky, earth, moon, east?
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First of all, I just want to say: Thank you, thank you for learning me so much English that none of my teachers did. Im in the States now studying and my teacher is talking about conditionals and I do not understand it. Could you please explain it to me in one of your videos?
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Hi guys can I depend on oxford dictionary to learn American english
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Do we capital pronouns or subordinating conjunction???
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Hello mam! This is Biplob Das from India, I have watched your video this is very good but my prominent question is to know from You that why the "I" is written always in capital letter in english sentence. Please! Answer me as fast as possible.
This was very helpful. The video helped me be more confident with my capitalization.
Mam one question
Can we use small letter in phrase ' an English news paper'?
Thank you mama... Great information