{"id":15211,"date":"2021-09-24T00:00:39","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T04:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=15211"},"modified":"2021-09-23T20:22:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T00:22:19","slug":"uppercases-in-spanish-a-practical-guide-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/uppercases-in-spanish-a-practical-guide-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Uppercases in Spanish: A practical guide (Part 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Here we are at the last entry dedicated to the way the Spanish language uses uppercase letters. It may be a rough little journey, but all this guidance is designed to make you more comfortable with these grammar issues that differentiate Spanish from other languages.<\/p>\n

This time, I will be indicating those instances where you must always avoid starting with an uppercase letter even if you\u2014as an English speaker\u2014could find quite natural to use a capital letter:<\/p>\n

– Forget about the names of days and months. All of them are to be considered common nouns: \u201cM<\/strong>onday\u201d, but \u201cl<\/strong>unes\u201d; \u201cN<\/strong>ovember\u201d, but \u201cn<\/strong>oviembre\u201d.<\/p>\n

– The names of the musical notes, like \u201cd<\/strong>o\u201d, \u201cr<\/strong>e\u201d, \u201cm<\/strong>i\u201d, \u201cf<\/strong>a\u201d, \u201cs<\/strong>ol\u201d, \u201cl<\/strong>a\u201d and \u201cs<\/strong>i\u201d, which corresponds to the notes C, D, E, F, G, A, and B, respectively.<\/p>\n

– The names of peoples, tribes, and ethnic groups, and with them the name given to the people from a particular region or country, and that of languages. For example, \u201cMost V<\/strong>enezuelans could trace their ancestry to the E<\/strong>uropean settlers and the A<\/strong>merindian population, and almost everyone there speaks S<\/strong>panish\u201d means \u201cMuchos v<\/strong>enezolanos pueden rastrear a sus antepasados entre los colonizadores e<\/strong>uropeos y la poblaci\u00f3n a<\/strong>borigen, y casi todos all\u00ed hablan e<\/strong>spa\u00f1ol\u201d.<\/p>\n

– As a consequence of the last point, names given to religions and their adherents don\u2019t get capitalized by themselves, like in \u201cThe most common religion in the Caribbean countries is C<\/strong>hristianity\u201d, but \u201cLa religi\u00f3n m\u00e1s com\u00fan en los pa\u00edses caribe\u00f1os es el c<\/strong>ristianismo\u201d.<\/p>\n

Of course, all these words are to begin with a capital letter if they ever are located right at the beginning of a sentence, after a period or any other punctuation mark calling for an uppercase after them.<\/p>\n

And so, we finish this lesson, hoping to see you next time with more Spanish grammar for you to learn and put into practice. Hasta pronto! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Here we are at the last entry dedicated to the way the Spanish language uses uppercase letters. It may be a rough little journey, but all this guidance is designed to make you more comfortable with these grammar issues that differentiate Spanish from other languages. This time, I will be indicating those instances where you…<\/p>\n

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