eC Capitalization Using Capitalization II $F Capitalize titles of persons. a. Capitalize titles when they are used before a person's name as part of the name. President Theodore Roosevelt, Secretary of State John Jay, Governor Rick Perry, Queen Elizabeth II, Mayor Susanna M. Salter, General Omar Bradley, Dr. Wilson King b. Titles following a name or used alone in place of a name are not usually capi used in direct address. John Jay, secretary of state; Rick Perry, the governor of Texas; Susanna M. Salter, the mayor; Elizabeth II, the queen; the senator; the congressman; the pastor; the archbishop of Canterbury; “Good morning, Governor, Senator, Congressman, etc” ized unless . Capitalize family-relationship words when they are used before a person's name or when used alone in place of the name. For vacation Uncle Bill and Aunt Cathy drove to Florida. Her mother will arive soon. Will you pick up Dad's cake from the bakery? Our cousins have come to visit. Note: Do not capitalize these words when they are preceded by a possessive unless the title is considered part of the name. my Uncle Larry, my Aunt Katie (Uncle and Aunt are considered part of the name.) my cousin Kyle, his brother Mike (Cousin and brother are not part of the name.) $F Capitalize the titles of works. italize the first and last words and all important words in the titles of books, magazines, newspapers, poems, stories, plays, and works of art. (Unimportant words are coordinating conjunctions, prepositions, and the articles a, an, and the.) The Hiding Place (book) Terracotta Warriors (sculptures) “The Gift of the Magi” (story) Exception: The article the is not capitalized before the title of a magazine or a newspaper when the title is written within a sentence. the New York Times (newspaper) the Saturday Evening Post (magazine) IF Capitalize the first word of every sentence (including quoted sentences). Francis Bacon said, “A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.” God always gives His best to those who leave the choice to Him. —fim Eliot Capitalize the pronoun / and the interjection O. (The more common interjection oh is capitalized only when it stands at the beginning of a sentence. Oh is followed by a comma or an exclamation point, but O is never followed by punctuation.) © Lorp my God, in Thee do I put my trust. —Psaim 71 IF Capitalize the frst word in every line of poetry, whether or not the word begins a sentence. Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's new Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand, and the sheep upon the right, And the choice goes by forever twixt that darkness and that light. —Jomes Rusell Lowell © mmavili Pensacola Christian College, Inc. Not to be reproduced. unir2 +9