Capitalizing 1

Capitalize the first letter of the first word in a sentence.

Tall tales stretch the truth.

Capitalize the first letter of a proper noun, the name of a specific person, place, or thing.

The backwoods man named Northern Norman was the greatest fisherman of all time.

Capitalize the first letter of a word used as a name.

I first heard about him from Grandpa.

      (Do not capitalize these words when my goes with them: my grandpa.)