ENGLISH
THE RIGHT WAY TO WRITE
General advice on how to write better
CAPITAL LETTER
At the beginning of a sentence.
Usually not after a colon.
If a noun indicates a proper noun (a proper noun is a noun that refers to a specific thing, such as London, Jupiter, Sarah, or Microsoft, unlike common nouns like: city, planet, person, corporation.
Pronoun "I”.
Personal and place names: "John", "Mr. Smith", "Amsterdam", "Europe", "Mount Everest", "the Ganges”.
Compass directions when referring to geographical regions: "Western Canada", "I was raised in the South", but Not for points on a compass: "London is west of Paris”.
National and regional adjectives: "an American" (noun), "an American man" (adjective).
Religions: "a Catholic church" (adjective).
Deities and personifications: "God", "Fame”.
Days and months: "Monday", "January", but not seasons such as “autumn”.
Brand names: "Toyota", "Nike", "Coca-Cola", unless the brand itself is purposely not capitalized: "iPhone", eBay” (camel case).
Royal titles: "King George III”, still: "kings and queens of England” and sometimes for 'sir' or ‘madam’.
Planets: "Jupiter".
DEFINITE ARTICLE
When referring to something in general the definite article ("the") is not used in English. Examples:
Violence has increased.
SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT
He walks, they walk.
She does, we do.
Peter eats salad, but Jimmy and Tammie eat pizza.
