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capital letters

Da Alba Forni @albaforni1
capital letters

Today let's look at when and where to use CAPITAL letters in English.
Oggi studieremo quando e dove usare le maiuscole in inglese.

Firstly and very importantly the first person singular subject pronoun "I" is always capitalised. Look at a couple of examples:

Days of the week, months of the year and important holidays start with capital letters in English, for example:

We also use capital letters for countries, cities, continents and monuments. Look...

*Last year I visited several cities in Spain, for example, Barcelona, where I saw the Sagrada Familia.
*William Shakespeare L'anno scorso ho visitato varie città della Spagna, ad esempio Barcellona, dove ho visto la Sagrada Familia.

We also use them for people's names and titles. Look at some examples:

They are also used whenever you start a new sentence or after a full stop.

Languages are also capitalised in English. Here are some examples:


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