2007-01-11 11:45:09 · 11 answers · asked by riri_co09 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
When you are referring to the planet.
2007-01-11 11:47:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Capitalize when you talk about it as an entity:
The Man who fell to Earth; We saw Earth from our spaceship.
Don't capitalize when you talk about it as an object:
He held a handful of earth and scattered it.
The punch rocked him off his feet and he hit the earth with a shudder.
2007-01-11 11:50:03 · answer #2 · answered by CYP450 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you are talking about the planet e.g. I live on Earth.
If you're talking about earth as in soil e.g. It is buried deep in the earth, you won't need a capital at the beginning.
2007-01-11 11:49:04 · answer #3 · answered by MissUnderstood 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you say earth as in dirt, it's lowercase. When you say Earth as in the planet, it's uppercase.
The Earth is the most hospitable planet in our solar system.
She bent down stuck her spade in the wet earth.
2007-01-11 11:50:08 · answer #4 · answered by Lady Irony 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when there's "the" in front of earth you capitalize it. so "The Earth is round." would be correct.
2007-01-11 12:23:22 · answer #5 · answered by fershizzle001 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you are refering to the planet Earth (proper nown) not a piece of land (ie) piece of earth
2007-01-11 11:49:35 · answer #6 · answered by daisog_h 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You capitalize it when you say "Earth is round."
You don't when you say "The earth is round."
2007-01-11 11:53:02 · answer #7 · answered by Koko 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's when you are refering to the planet earth.
2007-01-15 11:29:02 · answer #8 · answered by Emmy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when it is used as a noun or as the first word in the sentence..
2007-01-11 19:09:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When it is used as a proper noun
2007-01-11 11:49:43 · answer #10 · answered by witchfromoz2003 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋