[Music] hello I'm back once again on grammar leagues YouTube with a brand new episode of level up your source for writing and communication advice this video is all about capitalization rules so let's discuss what makes for worthy and unworthy capitalized letters and subjects but before the lesson begins do us a favor and subscribe to our Channel give this video a like and share a comment if you like the topic and if you're in need of writing and communication assistance visit grammarly.com to download the free writing tool that will help with all your writing needs okay great off we go capitalization rules might feel overwhelming but I'm here to help simplify them with eight must-know rules rule number one capitalize the first word of a sentence always capitalize the first word of sentence okay that's it easy right rule number two capitalize names and other proper nouns Jane Austen Judge Judy my dog Boomer they all get capitalized because names are proper nouns names of cities countries companies religions and political parties are also proper nouns so you should capitalize them too you should also capitalize words like Mom and Grandma when they're used as a forms of address like just wait until mom sees this rule number three don't capitalize after a colon usually in most cases you don't need to capitalize after a colon for example I have one true passion figure skating but there are a couple exceptions like when the word following the colon is a proper noun there is only one place I want to visit New York City the other exception is when the words following the colon form one or more complete sentences Maggie wears a brimmed cap at all times for these two reasons strong light often gives her a headache she also likes the way it looks rule number four capitalize the first word of a quote sometimes capitalize the first word of a quote when the quote is a complete sentence for example Mario asked what is everyone doing this weekend don't capitalize the first word of partial quotes Gretchen said that she was way too busy to join the gym rule number five capitalize days months and holidays but not seasons the names of days months and holidays are proper nouns so you should always capitalize them the names of Seasons however are not proper nouns so there's no need to capitalize rule number six capitalize most words and titles the capitalization rules for titles of books movies and other works varies a little between style guides in general you should capitalize the first word all nouns all verbs all adjectives and all proper nouns that means you should lower case articles conjunctions and prepositions however some style guides say to capitalize conjunctions and prepositions that are longer than five letters rule number seven capitalized cities countries nationalities and languages the names of cities countries nationalities and languages are proper nouns so you should always capitalize them rule number eight capitalize time periods and events sometimes specific periods eras and historical events that have proper names should be capitalized however centuries and the numbers before them are not capitalized now that I broke down these eight key tips ask yourself am I using capitalization correctly if you're still unsure download grammarly today to check your grammar and improve your all-around writing skills look out for more episodes from us on all things writing and communication before we meet again head over to grammarly.com to learn how to download instant communication assistance to ensure your capitalization in writing is always flawless That's all folks see you soon [Music] foreign