Use capitals for proper nouns. In other words, capitalize the names of people, specific places, and things. For example: We don’t capitalize the word “bridge” unless it starts a sentence, but we must capitalize Brooklyn Bridge because it is the name of a specific bridge.

Proper names of buildings, thoroughfares and monuments are capitalized: the White House.

Capitalize in the salutation and close of a letter Capitalize the first word and all nouns in the salutation and complimentary close of a letter.

The generally accepted linguistic explanation for the capital “I” is that it could not stand alone, uncapitalized, as a single letter, which allows for the possibility that early manuscripts and typography played a major role in shaping the national character of English-speaking countries.

When writing titles such as “Take Me to the River,” the two-letter word “me” is capitalized because it is a pronoun. In the same title, the two-letter word “to” is not because it is a less significant preposition and is of less than five characters long.

Words such as one, it, its, it’s, him, and own should all be capitalized no matter where they appear in a title.

According to most style guides, nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs are the only words capitalized in titles of books, articles, and songs. Prepositions, articles, and conjunctions aren’t capitalized (unless they’re the first or last word).

To capitalize the initial letter of every word is to use what’s called “Title Case”; it’s a typography style most commonly used in book and formal essay titles. If someone uses title case in all instances when writing, that person has a laughably mistaken idea of what will make his or her writing appear important.

Also, note that “New Year’s” is capitalized because it’s referring to a holiday or a specific event. When is it “New Year”?

Rule 7: The sun, moon and earth are NOT capitalised UNLESS the word is used in an astronomical context. All planets and stars are proper nouns and start with capital letters. ✓ The planet Earth orbits the Sun, and the Moon orbits the Earth.

Capitalize New Year’s, New Year’s Day and New Year’s Eve. For resolutions made on or around Jan. 1, the phrase is New Year’s resolutions. But lowercase general references to the coming year: What will the new year bring?

The word “aunt” can be capitalized depending on how it is used in a sentence or title. When used generically in a sentence such as: “my aunt said to visit her,” then the word “aunt” is lowercase because it is a generic noun.

The noun “aunt” (lower case a) is a common noun as a general word for a sister of your mother or your father. The noun “Aunt” (capital A) is a proper noun as the title of a specific person.

If the word is used as a proper name, it should be capitalized, but common nouns don’t get capitalized (unless they start a sentence). For example: “Aunt Beru” and “Uncle Owen” are proper names. So, those words should be capitalized.

When terms denoting family relationships are used as proper nouns (as names), they are capitalized. However, when the terms are used as common nouns (not as names), they’re not capitalized.

In other words, proper nouns are more specific than common ones. It is the proper nouns, along with their associated adjectives, that should have capital letters. Africa, African; Paris, Parisian; Andalusia, Andalusian …);’continent’ is a common noun; ‘Asia’ is a proper noun.

The word mother is NOT capitalized correctly in the sentence – because a possessive pronoun comes before the word.

People often use family titles as names in greetings and closings of letters. The titles are capitalized. Sometimes the family titles are not part of the name and aren’t capitalized. Watch carefully.

Everyone likes a friendly greeting. The same rule applies to “good afternoon.” Don’t capitalize it unless it’s a salutation in a letter or email. …

While “Dear” can be used to modify the noun, “Hi” is a statement on its own. So starting off a letter use “Dear all,” or “Hi, all.” Note that “Hi, all.” is a complete sentence ending with a period. “All” is not a proper noun. Only proper nouns (personal names) are capitalized.

The opening greeting in a letter also known as a salutation is always delivered capitalized, and since good evening is so commonly used as that first greeting it is commonly delivered with both words capitalized.

Early afternoon: noon-3 p.m. Mid-afternoon: 2-4 p.m. Late- afternoon: 3-6 p.m. Evening: 6-9 p.m.

When used as a salutation to close an email or letter, then the first letter of the phrase is capitalized as such: Thank you, This is also true if you shorten the phrase to “Thanks” or lengthen it to “Thank you very much.” This type of capitalization is called sentence case.

Here is the list of the best greetings for such format: “Good morning,” “Good afternoon,” or “Good evening” – these are classical versions of email greetings that is common for formal letters. “Hello” or “Hi” – these are the most traditional words for writing emails to friends or someone who can be addressed informally.

bananafactory said: “Hey” isn’t really rude and it sounds like he overreacted, but I wouldn’t use it in a formal e-mail, especially with someone I had no previous relationship. It’s generally a casual greeting and may be interpreted as unprofessional.

Hey is more informal, and also it is something that only younger people say. Older people might be a little insulted, because they might think you should only say “hey” if you are shouting at someone. “Hey! Get off my lawn!” Hiya is also informal, probably the same level of informal as “hey”.

Overly informal greetings Pachter says, “Hey is a very informal salutation, and generally it should not be used in the workplace. Use Hi and Hello instead.”

Hello is a formal greeting that I use when writing to someone I’ve probably never met before. Hi is the in between greeting. It’s safe in most contexts. Hey is more casual and usually means I have rapport with you.