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Have you ever come across a book with all uppercase letters? Not! Plenty of material written
in capital letters is difficult to read. For instance, lawyers frequently write contracts in capital
letters even though they know how difficult it is to understand them.

When do we Use Capital Letters?
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1 Capitalize "I" when using the personal pronoun:
You and I are best friends.
2 . T o start a sentence or a speech, use a capital letter:
Tiwi came to my party.
Jihan asked me, "Do you like meatballs?"
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3 Capitalize abbreviations and acronyms:
E.V.P or EVP (Executive Vice President)
N.R.A or NRA (The National Recovery Administration)
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4 Capitalize the name of days, months, and holidays:
Wednesday, Friday
March, April
Labor Day
Balinese Day of Silence
5 Use a capital letter for countries, languages & nationalities, and religions:
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Indonesia, Malaysia
Buginese, Malay
Moslem, Jewish
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6 Capitalize the first letter of people’s names and titles:
Sitti Khadijah, B. J. Habibie, Sandiaga Uno
Professor Jimly Asshiddiqie, Dr. Umbu Rauta, S.H., M.Hum.
Pangeran Diponegoro, Queen Elizabeth
7 Use a capital letter for trade-marks and names of companies and other organisations:
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Coca-Cola, Xiaomi
Unilever, Xenia
the United Kingdom, American Heart Organization
8 . Capitalize the first letter of places and monuments:
1 Palopo, Makassar, South Sulawesi
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2 the National Monument, Jami Mosque
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3 Bogor Palace, State Palace
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4 . Agatis Street, First Avenue
5 . State Islamic Institute of Parepare, Hasanuddin University
6 Europe, the East Trace, Losari Beach
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7 Saturn, Earth, Neptune
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9 Capitalize the first letter of the vehicles’ name (planes, ships, trains, and spacecraft):
1 . Garuda Indonesia, Lion Air, Umsini
2 . Mutiara Timur, Baraya Geulis
3 Orion, Artemis I
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1 0. Capitalize the first letter of books, poems, songs, plays, and film titles.
a. The Monuments Men

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