How does the American convention for capitalising nouns differ from the English?

Question

For example, I have always been taught to start seasons with capital letters. Is the same true in the US?

Please tell me any differences that you know of... cheers!

Hmmm... well, this does come as a surprise to me... I was taught that seasons are capitalised, but I guess it could be an archaic rule...

Answer 1

Rules of thumb for capitalising:

First letter of first word in a sentence or after a full stop.
The subject pronoun "I".

Proper names which refer to specific people, places, languages, days & months (not seasons!), organizations, parties, sports groups and religions:
People: Mr. Jones. Captain Scarlet.
Places and name of countries: France, Thailand. the Lake District.
Nationalities: American, Polish.
Organisations; religious/ political /musical or sports groups: Oxfam, Salvation Army, Mormons, Democrats, Bay City Rollers, Manchester United.
Points of compass when definining an area: South Pole, Northern Carolina.
Languages: Arabic, Italian.
Days, Months, Holidays: Tuesday, March, Fourth of July, Valentine's Day, Halloween.
Oceans: the Atlantic Ocean
Specialities and school subjects: Obstetrics, Mathematics.

Names of deities, religious figures and holy books:
God (but not "a god"), Allah, the Pope, the Bible.

Family relations when used as proper names:
Mum. Aunt Sally. Father (but not my father).

Major words in book or film titles:
My Fair Lady. Far from the Madding Crowd.

Events and periods:
French Revolution, Great Depression, Edwardian Era.

Brand names: Oxo, Sony, Microsoft.

Abbreviations of specific names: BBC, IBM, UN.

I hope this will be helpful and that I have not left any out. No doubt someone will find other instances and add to this list.

Answer 2

Edited: I looked it up, and Guitarpicker56 is right. You don't normally capitalise seasons.

The only exception to that is when you use a season at the beginning of a sentence or as a part of a name - typically as an event - for example, "1996 Summer Olympic Games."

Answer 3

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Answer 4

The seasons of the year are never capitalized in English or American writing unless the seasonal word begins a sentence.

Example: "If you spring into gardening action, spring will become most tasteful to eye and scent."