Capitalization (英文的大小写).ppt

1、Capitalization,Special Program 2,Contents,Capitals are used mainly at three places: 1. the first words of sentences; 2. key words in titles; 3. proper names,The first words of sentences,Not only a complete sentence, but a sentence fragment treated as a sentence, should begin with a capital letter. T

2、he first word of quoted speech is capitalized. If a quoted sentence is broken into two parts and put in two pairs of quotation marks, the second part does not begin with a capital letter unless the first word is a proper noun or an adjective derived from a proper noun.,e.g. 1. He said, “My trip to M

3、ount Tai was interesting but tiring.” 2. “My trip to Mount Tai,” he said, “was interesting but tiring.” 3. She answered, “At weekends.”,proper names,Proper names are capitalized. e.g. Mike, Jack, Mary Hangzhou, London; California; Britain English, Greek,Common nouns that are parts of proper names ar

4、e capitalized: e.g. a street Xueyuan Street lake the West Lake middle, age the Middle Age People, republic the Peoples Republic of China university China Jiliang University,Words derived from proper names are usually capitalized: Marxist Darwinism Hegelian Confucian Latinize Vietnamize Proper names

5、and their derivatives may become common nouns, verbs or adjectives. anglicize (英国化)，,key words in titles,How to capitalize titles？ 1. the first words and the last words; 2. other words in the title, including words following hyphens in compound words;,3. Do not capitalize 3.1 articles (a, an, the) 3

6、.2 coordinating conjunctions (and, or, but, nor, for), 3.3 short prepositions; 3.4 the to in infinitives;,4. No period is used at the end of a title 5. Use a question mark if the title is a direct question 6. Use quotation marks with quotes or titles of articles 7. Underline or italicize names of books.,e.g. My First Visit to the Palace Museum What Can the Artist Do in the World of Today? The English-Speaking People i