Capitalization of Nouns
Nouns get capitalized when they’re at the beginning of a sentence, or if they’re proper nouns.
The red squirrel is endangered.
Red squirrels are endangered.
How many cookies do you want, Andrew?
Some nouns can be common or proper; capitalize the proper nouns and leave the common nouns in lower case.
My mother made me a cake.
Mother made me a cake.
Did you make me a cake, Mother?
The Earth is round.
Spades are for digging in the earth.
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