Grammar Grade 11 | Ch. 10, Lesson 70 — Capitalization of Proper Nouns

Welcome back to Grammar Grade 11 — a complete, step-by-step walk through every fundamental rule of English grammar a high school junior needs to know. It's built for the SAT, but it's just as much about owning the grammar of everyday writing and speaking for life. The series moves in a clear chapter-and-lesson order, one lesson at a time. CHAPTER 10: CAPITALIZATION — LESSON 70: PROPER NOUNS Capitalize proper nouns — the names of specific people, places, and things — but within a multiword name keep the little words lowercase (articles, coordinating conjunctions, and prepositions of fewer than five letters): "the Museum of Modern Art," "Beauty and the Beast." Capitalize a title before a name or in direct address, and a family title used as a name (but not after "my," "the," or "a"). Also capitalize ethnic groups, religions, languages, organizations, parties, monuments, ships, trade names, holidays, and eras. And remember: a region (the South) is capitalized, but a direction (drive south) is not. What you'll learn • Capitalizing names of specific people, places, and things • Which small words stay lowercase inside a name • Titles before names, in direct address, and family titles • The big categories (groups, brands, holidays, eras — • Region vs. direction, plus 6 practice questions Quick checks to remember • Capitalize the important words in a name • Keep a/an/the, and/or, short prepositions lowercase • Title before a name — capital; "my grandma" — lowercase • the South (region) vs. drive south (direction) Chapters 0:00 Introduction 0:14 Proper nouns 0:54 Titles & family names 1:29 Many categories 2:12 Practice Set 1 2:56 Practice Set 2 3:41 Recap: name it, capitalize it New lessons follow the course order — subscribe to follow the whole series. #SAT #SATprep #Grammar #EnglishGrammar #Capitalization #HighSchool