Capitals should be used for the first letter of a sentence.
This is an example sentence.
- for names and titles
Tania Nugent
Mr Smith
Doctor Byrne
the Lord Mayor
the President
But don’t use capitals when the title is used in a general sense.
He wanted to become a doctor.
Not all countries have a president.
Capitals are used for the names of supreme beings.
Allah
God
Except when they are used in a general sense.
He thinks he's a god.
You capitalize the names of buildings.
Empire State Building
Sydney Opera House
- days of the week, months, holidays and religious festivals
Monday
December
Labor Day
Ramadan
- the names of religions, languages and ethnic groups
Islam
Christianity
- business names, organizations and trademarks
Commonwealth Bank
Walkerville Hotel
University of Adelaide
Microsoft
- countries, cities, and other place names
China
Seoul
Second Avenue
Yangtze River
Niagara Falls
Pacific Ocean
Mars
Earth
The moon, sun and earth used to mean soil don’t have capitals.
I dig in the earth and enjoy the sun while looking at the moon.
- adjectives derived from countries or names
Australian athletes
Marxist politics
- names of vehicles
the yacht Ragamuffin
Ferrari
the Orient Express
Concorde
- the scientific names of animals and plants
Elephas maximus
Acacia mitchellii
The capital is only used for the genus (first) name and not for the species (second) name. Common names of animals and plants don't have capitals unless part of the name comes from a word that already has a capital, such as a country or a person's name.
Elephas maximus is the Asian elephant. Acacia mitchellii is Mitchell's wattle.
Capitals should be used for acronyms.
CBD (central business district) ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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