The first thing to do when deciding if to capitalize a noun is to decide if it's a proper noun or a common noun. Proper nouns are capitalized, common nouns are not. Proper nouns name specific people, places or things.
The difficulty is deciding words that go either way (e.g., Internet, Web, Website). Is a word like "Baby Boomers" capitalized or not. Since "Baby Boomers" refers to a specific thing, it is capitalized.
For more examples see Grammar Girl.
No comments:
Post a Comment