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English sentences always begin with a capital letter.
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We saw the accident from a distance. |
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The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. |
The personal pronoun "I" is always written with a capital letter, wherever in a sentence it comes:
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I like horror films. |
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Jenny and I went to the beach together. |
Apart from these cases, capital letters are used at the beginning of the following types of words:
Names of people and places
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Peter |
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Susan |
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Australia |
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Hyde Park |
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the Middle East |
Planets and stars can be considered as places:
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Jupiter |
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Pluto |
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Alpha Centauri |
Titles
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Mr Finnegan |
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Mrs Edgeware |
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Ms Johnson |
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Dr Jacobs |
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Major Fingleton |
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the Director General |
Days, months and public holidays
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Monday |
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Friday |
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July |
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December |
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Christmas |
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Ramadan |
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Yom Kippur |
Nationalities and regions, languages, religions and ethnic groups
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a German car |
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the Scandinavian countries |
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She speaks Russian and Chinese |
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a Muslim cleric |
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the Aboriginal people |
Titles of books, magazines, films, songs, etc.
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War and Peace |
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Rolling Stone |
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the New Statesman |
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Citizen Kane |
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Stairway to Heaven |
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the Mouse Trap |
Notice that articles, prepositions, conjunctions, etc. are not usually capitalised.
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~ckelly/midi/help/caps.html
More information on capital letters:
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/capitals.htm
http://www.grammarbook.com/
Quizzes and exercises on capital letters:
http://www.quia.com/mc/3522.html
http://webster.commnet.edu/cgi-shl/par_numberless_quiz.pl/caps_quiz.htm
http://www.grammarbook.com/
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