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When Should Capital Letters Be Used?

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    The main uses are as follows.
    -To start a sentence or question
    -To start a sentence/question in quotation marks, e.g.' J-im said, "It's time to go."'
    -To indicate a proper noun (i.e. the name of a thing or person) as in:
    Fido the dog  London  Microsoft  Susan  France
    -For adjectives and verbs which relate to nationality or region, e.g. German, Liverpudlian, Americanise, Anglicise
    For place names (including mountains, rivers etc) which have two or more words:
    Regent Street  River Thames  Mount Everest  Bournemouth Station
    -Titles of people and organisations. Examples are:
    Mr Brown  Dr Edwards  St Mary  Conservative Party  Bell School of English  Countess of Wessex
    -The main (content) words in book, film, newspaper titles etc:
    Gone with the Wind..The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe  The News of the World
    -Days and months (not seasons) (Thursday, January, summer)
    -Compass points when relating to regions:
    I live in the South-West  North Wales is very rainy.

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