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Capital letters
When to capitalize letters
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Capitalise the first word in a sentence.
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the first letter of the first word after an ellipsis (...) does not need to be capitalized if it is in the same sentence.
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Personal names of people or animals.
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Brand names and trademarks.
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Specific places and countries
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Calendar items.
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Capitalize adjectives derived from proper nouns, or "proper adjectives
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Capitalize personal titles when used specifically as titles, but not when just referring to the rank in general.
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Royalty is also included. Any royal, imperial or position of office titles are also included in the title rule,
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Family names can also be thought of as personal titles. They are capitalized only when used in place of a name or preceding a name, e.g. Uncle Joe.
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Check capitalization for abbreviations
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Respect that publication titles have different capitalization
rules dependent on in-house guides and rules.
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Respect any words with inherent capitalizations