First word of sentence or fragment always capitalized. Days, months, and languages always capitalized. Words expressing place connection capitalized when literal meaning. Nationalities and ethnic groups always capitalized. Proper names always capitalized
Capital letters are used at sentence beginnings and for proper nouns. Most modern languages capitalise first words and proper nouns. Capital letters include letters A-Z, lowercase letters are a-z
English letters can be written in uppercase or lowercase forms. Most letters in writing are lowercase. Lowercase letters are smaller and used after sentence beginnings. Uppercase letters are larger and used at sentence beginnings
Big describes physical size and size of objects. Common physical descriptions include well-built, muscular, and heavyset. Can be used with size of people, houses, or objects
Nouns name people, places, things, ideas or abstract concepts. Common nouns identify general objects without specific identification. Proper nouns name unique or specific people, places or things
Capitalization means writing first letter uppercase, rest lowercase. Experienced writers are stingy with capitals. Capitals help focus attention on specific elements within groups