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Sheku Kamara 1 Goderich Street Freetown Tel: 220175
1. The first
word in a sentence must start with a capital letter.
Do you know what
happened?
The rat glanced up at us; we glared back at
it.
2.Capitalized the personal pronoun "I".
May I help you?
3.
Every item in a proper noun must start with a capital letter except
prepositions, conjunctions, articles and other less important
words.
Countries and continents
Africa, England, Guinea, China,
Mali, Ghana,
Regions, States, Districts etc.
Tonkolili, Koinadugu,
Kenema District,
Towns, Villages etc
Freetown, Cape Town, Bafodia,
Tongo, London, Lunsar, Lungi, Kabala
Rivers, Oceans, Seas, lakes:
the Atlantic, the Pacific, Lake Sonfon, Lake Victoria, River Rokel,
Mano River, the Nile
Streets, Buildings, Parks:
Peter Lane, Savage
Square, George Street, Youyi Building
He has gone to the Ministry
of Information and Broadcasting. The Magbele Bridge runs across the River
Rokel. The National Insurance Company is situated along Walpole Street.
Alfred Sandy is now a student of Fourah Bay College. Sierra Leone Grammar
School will play Government Model Secondary School.
4. Proper
adjectives should be capitalized :
A Sierra Leonean story, Chinese
film,
French music, Arabic writing, Nigerian novel
5. All the
days of the week, the months of the year and holidays should be
capitalized.
I think New Year's Day will fall on Thursday. My favourite
months are August and May. This year Christmas and Easter will fall on
Monday. Our Independence Day is on April 27.Did you attend our
Thanksgiving Day?
6.Capitalize historical events and
periods.
The Stone Age, World War II, Crusades,
Renaissance
7.Capitalize nouns and pronouns referring to deity
(God): God, Lord, Saviour, our Father, Messiah, Trinity, Holy Ghost, He,
His Him.
If you ask God, He will help you. We worship and adore Him. We
live by His grace.
Pagan gods are not capitalized:
They worshipped
an ancient tribal god.
8.Capitalize the title of a person when it
comes before a name.
We met President Nelson Mandela in Cape Town and
Pretoria. I know Miss Turay.
Dr. Turay is my doctor. You know Uncle
Joseph is my only uncle. Brima and I have not seen Mr. Sandy for two
weeks. Please ask Mrs. Koroma for the ruler. Have you seen Reverend Smith?
He intends to become a reverend.
If the title stands alone (without
being followed by a name), it may be capitalized if it refers to an
important high office.
The Minister of Agriculture spoke with our
treasurer. The President has signed the bill into law. The Bishop led the
congregation. The president of our club met with the President at State
House.
Sometimes the title of a person is used alone as if it is his
real name. His or her name is entirely dropped and his title is used
instead. Thus the title becomes a proper noun. It is essential to capital
this title.
Are we still waiting for Pastor?
I went to Reverend
this morning.
9.Capitalize the first word and all important words
in the titles of articles, books, stories, magazines, newspapers, poems,
formal letters, formal speeches, etc.
Things Fall Apart, The Gods are
not to Blame, The Merchant of Venice, Focus on
Africa.
10.Capitalize the brand names of business products but not
the common nouns following them.
A Canon camera, a Toyota truck, a Bic
pen, a Nike crepe, a Mercedes car.
Exercise Capitalize the
following passage
on november 15,2000, mr joseph kanu visited us at
fisher street to tell us about his journey to nigeria.he said he would
stay in lagos, but would visit the river niger, near the atlantic ocean.
he will return in december, few days before christmas. mr kanu who owns a
mazda car, studies french at the milton margai college of
education.
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