Proper nouns are words that name specific, unique people, places, things, ideas, or animals.
Example:
Sara Ann Bedford
All initials, official titles that are used as parts of names, and identifying suffixes at the ends of names, are also capitalized, even when abbreviated.
Booker T. Washington III
Dr. E.J. Garvey
Mr. Elias Englebert, Jr.
Example:
Schools
Texas Christian University
Charities or Non-Profits
World Health Organization
Governmental Organizations
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Organizations can also be libraries, businesses, social clubs, museums, or any group of individuals that come together for a common purpose.
Abbreviations of organizations are also capitalized.
Only capitalize the important words of names and titles. Do not capitalize shortconjunctions, articles, or prepositions, unless they are the first or last words in names or titles.
The Sword and the Sorcerer
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Capitalize the abbreviations for degrees of temperature, including degrees Celsius (°C) and degrees Fahrenheit (°F)
Capitalize the abbreviations for indicators of time periods before and after the common, or current, era.