- Alphabet case refers to uppercase
and
lowercase letters. The following should be
noted:
- each uppercase, or capital letter, has a
corresponding lowercase letter
- the letters in each uppercase-lowercase pair
have the same name, same pronunciation, and are treated
identically when sorting in alphabetical order
- the following rules denote as to whether
uppercase or lowercase letters are to be used in a given
context
- writing meant to get attention (such as on
signs) will often use only uppercase
- the first letter of a
proper noun, such as a person's name, or of the name of
a city, state, country, etc. is usually written in uppercase
- in addition to
proper nouns,
adjectives (those derived from a name, such as Canadian,
Shakespearian) are written with the first letter in uppercase,
as are the names of days of the week, months, languages, and the
pronoun "I"
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