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Meanings of capital letter in anglès

portuguès
maiúsculo
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lletra majúscula

One of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters"

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lletra majúscula
Usage of capital letter in anglès
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Every important word in the Address should begin with a capital letter.
Graded Lessons in English / An Elementary English Grammar Consis...
2
The use of the capital letter was usual at the time.
Captain Cook's Journal During His First Voyage Round the World /...
3
About a century ago every noun began with a capital letter.
Higher Lessons in English: A work on English grammar and composi...
4
The capital letter Y will give a correct idea of the cuttings thus made.
Winter Adventures of Three Boys in the Great Lone Land
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In German, all the Nouns begin with a capital letter.
A Tramp Abroad
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A bit like modern passwords making you include a numeral and a capital letter.
The Guardian
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There, I fancy,"-itwas his capital letter voice-"isa woman who understands."
The Glory of the Conquered: The Story of a Great Love
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The nouns are given a capital letter and these words included Fanshops, Teenagers and Adrenaline.
The Irish Times
9
A capital letter is a letter of formal shape.
Capitals / A Primer of Information about Capitalization with som...
10
He can write a capital letter, enough to make any of the 'quality people' cry.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 184...
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They needed to be uppercase, but some were lowercase while others had an initial capital letter.
Sed & awk, 2nd edition
12
R.T. Lowe has written me a capital letter on the Madeiran, Canarian, and Cape Verde floras.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 / A Record of His Work...
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Every quotation should begin with a capital letter.
Barkham Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful ...
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Respect everything that commences with a capital letter!
Condensed Novels
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That's why it's called a Guide,' Khan moved towards to the fire again, 'with a capital letter.
Metro 2033
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He was It with a capital letter.
The Butterfly House
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