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We use them in particular for the first letter of sentences, names, days, and months as well as for some abbreviations. We usually write the first person pronoun as a capital I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It isn&#8217;t common to write down whole sentences in capitals. A sentence or paragraph written in capitals is very tough to study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Capital letters are used with:<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Capitalize the&nbsp;personal pronoun &#8216;I&#8217;:<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What can I say?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" data-ad-slot=\"3406615517\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Capitalize the First Word of a Sentence<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This one\u2019s easy. 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