Capitalization

Writers will sometimes capitalize words that do not need capitalization. You should capitalize words at the beginning of the sentence and proper nouns (names of people and places). If a noun is part of a proper name, then it should be capitalized. Otherwise, use lower case (i.e. small letters).

• Incorrect: I went to the Baseball field to play with friends.
• Correct: I went to the baseball field to play with my friends Mark and Aisha.

• Incorrect: I will use the Attachment Theory to explain deviant behaviour.
• Correct: I will use attachment theory to explain deviant behaviour.
  [Attachment theory is a term not a title]

• Incorrect: I am studying Canadian History in the Department of History at the University in Kingston.
• Correct: I am studying Canadian history in the Department of History at the university in Kingston.
• Correct: I am studying Canadian history in the history department at Queen’s University in Kingston.