Capitalization Rules for Races, Nationalities, and Species
Learn how to properly capitalize races, nationalities, and species in your writing. Always capitalize races such as Chinese, Indian, and Hispanic. Capitalize nationalities and nation-related words like French, Swiss, and Spanish. When writing species names, capitalize the first part of the scientific name, for example Homo sapien and Canis lupus familiaris. Stay consistent in your capitalization to maintain clarity in your writing.
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Writing Lab Capitalization-Races, Nationalities, and Species
Races Always capitalize races. Examples: Chinese Indian Hispanic Note: The terms black and white are usually not capitalized; however, if you capitalize these terms when referring to races, be consistent throughout your paper.
Nationalities Capitalize nationalities and nation-related words such as languages. Examples: French fries Swiss cheese Spanish omelet
Species Capitalize the first part of a species scientific name. Example: Homo sapien Felis silvestris catus Canis lupus familiaris
Thats all, folks! This lesson is part of the UWF Writing Lab Grammar Mini-Lesson Series Lessons adapted from Real Good Grammar, Too by Mamie Webb Hixon To find out more, visit the Writing Lab s website where you can take a self-scoring quiz corresponding to this lesson
