Capitalising days, months and holidays

key notes :

Capitalizing Days of the Week

  • Always capitalize the names of the days of the week. Examples:
  • Correct: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
  • Incorrect: monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday

Capitalizing Months of the Year

  • Always capitalize the names of the months of the year. Examples:
  • Correct: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
  • Incorrect: january, february, march, april, may, june, july, august, september, october, november, december

Capitalizing Holidays

  • Always capitalize the names of holidays. Examples:
  • Correct: Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, New Year’s Day, Halloween
  • Incorrect: christmas, thanksgiving, easter, new year’s day, halloween

Summary of Key Points:

  • Always capitalize:
  • The names of the days of the week.
  • The names of the months of the year.
  • The names of holidays.

Practice Examples:

Incorrect: i have a meeting on friday.

  • Correct: I have a meeting on Friday.

Incorrect: my birthday is in april.

  • Correct: My birthday is in April.

Incorrect: we celebrate christmas in december.

  • Correct: We celebrate Christmas in December.

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