Knowing when to capitalize a word is one of those items that seem like it\u2019s pretty easy, until you start looking into the issue in greater detail.\u00a0 That is where is can get confusing.\u00a0 We\u2019re going to try and make this easier for you by giving you some easy rules for capitalization to follow.\u00a0 While proper capitalization won\u2019t improve the quality of your writing, it will definitely improve the perception of your writing, and you definitely want to make a good impression!<\/p>\n
First, here are a few of the rules of capitalization that are the most common.\u00a0 If you are like most people, you probably remember many of these rules from school.<\/p>\n
You should always capitalize the following:<\/p>\n
After that, the rules of capitalization get a little trickier to follow.\u00a0 The rules are still very specific, however for many people they are more difficult to remember because they are a little more complicated.<\/p>\n
The rules of capitalization say you should capitalize the following:<\/p>\n
A good online spell checker should be able to handle some of these rules of capitalization for you if you miss them.\u00a0 However, it is impossible for a spell checking tool to catch all of your errors.<\/p>\n
All spellchecking systems have problems with some of the capitalization rules.\u00a0 Much of this difficulty comes from the rule about capitalizing proper nouns.\u00a0 A good spell checking tool should know most of the COMMON proper nouns, but it not possible for a spell checker to know every single name and other proper nouns that should be capitalized.\u00a0 The more unique the name, the less likely a spell checker tool will be able to identify it to make sure it gets proper capitalization.<\/p>\n
That is why it is important for you to have at least a basic understanding of the rules of capitalization.\u00a0 A quality spell checker tool can find most of your errors, but it will be up to you to find the rest!<\/p>\n