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Capitals - Names
When you have finished this page, try the Capitals Quiz - Names.
Capital (upper case) letters should be used at the beginning of the names of specific people as well as the titles of people when used with their names.
In the first example above in the animation, President Barack Obama, notice that his title of President is capitalized as well as Barack Obama.
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President Barack Obama |
Such words as the, a, an, of, etc.. which are smaller words that are not descriptive parts of the title are left in lower case.
In the second example, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Speaker and House are capitalized as major words in her title and Nancy and Pelosi are capitalized as her name.
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi |
Chief Justice John Roberts has the two words of his title and the two words of his name capitalized.
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Chief Justice John Roberts |