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What does it mean when you capitalize a word in a sentence?
To capitalize is to put something in capital letters, particularly the first letters, Like This. The first word of every sentence is capitalized, and to capitalize is to write in capital (or upper-case) letters. To capitalize also means to take advantage of an opportunity.
Why should you avoid using unnecessary capital letters in your writing?
Avoid unnecessary capitalization. Use capital letters to begin proper nouns, sentences, headings and the important words in publication titles. Proper nouns are the particular names of people, places and things. Excessive capitalization for other purposes distracts the reader and hinders reading.
Why is a word capitalized in the middle of a sentence?
Use capitals for proper nouns. In other words, capitalize the names of people, specific places, and things. For example: We don’t capitalize the word “bridge” unless it starts a sentence, but we must capitalize Brooklyn Bridge because it is the name of a specific bridge.
Should girl be capitalized?
Names like Juan, Sarah, and Ji Soo are capitalized because they’re proper nouns that name specific people. On the other hand, words like “boy” and “girl” aren’t capitalized because they’re common nouns that don’t refer to any one individual person or item. Proper nouns are capitalized and common nouns are not.
Should the word accounting be capitalized?
It’s public relations, cybersecurity (which is one word, FYI), accounting, etc. – always lowercase. Exception: Languages are always capitalized (Ex: French major, English major).
Thanks for your help! Dear Olivia, As discussed in our post about the capitalization of specific words, author names are capitalized in APA Style because they are proper nouns. For most author names this poses no difficulty, because most names begin with capital letters anyway.