Capitalize the first word in a quoted sentence Ellery Jones noted, “Online when it is written in dialogue formation. education is here to stay.” Do not capitalize the first word in quoted text Ellery Jones agrees that online when it is imbedded in an existing sentence. education is “here to stay.” Do not capitalize the first word of a sentence Sports carry a lot of weight at that follows a colon, unless the colon our school: the football introduces two or more sentences. program is the only program that is funded at 100 percent each year. Capitalize stand-alone sentences within Order your binders ahead of parentheses. time. (You’ll need one for each course.) Do not capitalize sentences within Order your binders ahead of parentheses if they are included as part of time (one for each course). another sentence. Capitalize the first word of continuation Are you attending on the questions. eighth? The ninth? The tenth? Do not capitalize the first letter of a iPhones took the market by noncapitalized proper noun even if it falls at storm. the beginning of a sentence. (Generally try OR not to place such words at the beginning of The iPhone took the market by sentences.) storm. Defer to the capitalization used in poetry or in I think that I shall never see other sources. (In some cases, the poem will A poem lovely as a tree not capitalize the first word of each line.) A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast… from “Trees” by Joyce Kilmer Key Words in Titles and Subtitles In titles and subtitles, capitalize key words, including first words, last words, nouns, verbs, pronouns, adverbs, and adjectives. Do not capitalize articles, conjunctions, or prepositions unless they are in the initial position (either at the beginning of the entire title or at the beginning of the phrase after a colon if there is one). Look at the Figure 19.1 and consider why each word is capitalized or not. Figure 19.1
Capitalize the first word in a quoted sentence when it is written in dialogue formation. Ellery Jones noted, “Online education is here to stay.” Do not capitalize the first word in quoted text when it is imbedded in an existing sentence. Ellery Jones agrees that online education is “here to stay.” Do not capitalize the first word of a sentence that follows a colon, unless the colon introduces two or more sentences. Sports carry a lot of weight at our school: the football program is the only program that is funded at 100 percent each year. Capitalize stand-alone sentences within parentheses. Order your binders ahead of time. (You’ll need one for each course.) Do not capitalize sentences within parentheses if they are included as part of another sentence. Order your binders ahead of time (one for each course). Capitalize the first word of continuation questions. Are you attending on the eighth? The ninth? The tenth? Do not capitalize the first letter of a noncapitalized proper noun even if it falls at the beginning of a sentence. (Generally try not to place such words at the beginning of sentences.) iPhones took the market by storm. OR The iPhone took the market by storm. Defer to the capitalization used in poetry or in other sources. (In some cases, the poem will not capitalize the first word of each line.) I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast… from “Trees” by Joyce Kilmer Key Words in Titles and Subtitles In titles and subtitles, capitalize key words, including first words, last words, nouns, verbs, pronouns, adverbs, and adjectives. Do not capitalize articles, conjunctions, or prepositions unless they are in the initial position (either at the beginning of the entire title or at the beginning of the phrase after a colon if there is one). Look at the Figure 19.1 and consider why each word is capitalized or not. Figure 19.1
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