Do
I Need a Capital Letter?
Basic Nouns
Proper Nouns (Names)
carpentry
Joe’s Carpentry / Carpentry by Joe
my telephone
AT&T (American Telephone and Telegraph)
a tape
player
a Walkman
a college/
the college
Union County College / the College
my mother
Mama, Mom, Mommy, Mom
my father
Dad, Daddy, Papa, Pop
my
grandmother
Grandma, Grandmama, Granny, Nanny
my
grandfather
Granddad, Grandpa, Grandpapa, Poppy
my brother
Joe
my sister
Carol
my cousin
Hi! Cousin Sue
my uncle
Uncle Bob
my aunt
Aunt Mary
my professor
Professor Neblett (not Professor Liz)
my doctor
Doctor Jones
a policeman
Officer White
some
governors
Governor Whitman
a mayor
Mr. Mayor / Mrs. Mayor / Mayor Black
Basic Nouns Proper Nouns (Names)
America the USA
Mexico the Federal Republic of Mexico
Elizabeth
the City of Elizabeth
New Jersey
the State of New Jersey
Cranford, NJ
the township of Cranford, NJ
Mt. Washington
the Rocky Mountains
Mt. Fuji
the Himalayas
Lake McDermott
the Great Lakes
Lake Superior
the Atlantic Ocean
Hawaii
the Hawaiian Islands
Paris
the Eiffel Tower
Moscow
the Kremlin
New York City
the Empire State Building
*Can
you find the pattern?