Always begin writing a sentence with a capital letter.

Without capital letters, how would you know
where each sentence begins?

CAPITALIZATION

Even though this paragraph has proper punctuation,
it is still difficult to read.

   it was the first day of school. the children were eagerly waiting for the school bus. all the children were excited about meeting their new teachers and friends. this was the first year they were all old enough to join band and intramurals.  it was going to be a wonderful school year!
 

                                           

 Let's see what the paragraph looks like
with proper
capitalization!

     It was the first day of school. The children were eagerly waiting for the school bus. All the children were excited about meeting their new teachers and friends. This was the first year they were all old enough to join band and intramurals.  It was going to be a wonderful school year!
 


You also capitalize:

                           * proper nouns
                           * I
                           * titles
 

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