Section outline

  • 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.