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Capitalization: races, nationalities, and
speciesMini-Lesson # 26
From the UWF Writing Lab’s
101 Grammar Mini-Lessons Series
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Capitalize nationalities (including nationality-related words such as languages)
My brother likes cheddar, but he prefers Swiss cheese on his hamburgers.
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Capitalize species’ names that include proper nouns
The veterinarian told us he’d never been bitten by a German shepherd, but he’d lost his leg to a Doberman pinscher.
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Capitalize racesThe scientific study included Asian men and women as well as Caucasians.
The terms black and white are usually not capitalized; however, if you capitalize these terms when referring to races, you need to be consistent throughout your document.
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More Examples
• The French bakery makes the best pastry in the world.
• Fred found his art class on the Italian Renaissance to be as dull as dishwater.
• I thought it strange that my American literature professor earned his doctorate at a Polish university.