15 - Capital letters
Résumé de section
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Capital letters are used more in English than in French.
1/ in titles: capital letters are usually used in titles of books, articles, chapters, article sections, organisations etc. All nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs are in capital, for example:
-Lewis Caroll's Alice in Wonderland;
-Chapter 3: Money or the Circulation of Commodities;
-the Ministry of Truth; etc.
2/ days and months: Monday, Tuesday, etc. January, February, etc. But, seasons take small letters, spring, summer, etc.
3/ peoples and languages: The French mainly speak French, though some speak minority languages too, such as Breton or Basque.