2. Use a capital letter to begin every line of poetry.
The Lord hates a quitter,
But he doesn’t hate him, son,
When the quitter’s quitting something
He shouldn’t have begun. [that
This rule does not apply to turned over lines like the third line in the stanza just preceding.
3. Use a capital letter to begin every quotation consisting of a complete sentence.
Ben Franklin says, “Honesty is the best policy.”
The campaign was “a punitive expedition for the suppression of brigandage.”
Capitalize:
1. Names of the Deity, of the members of the Trinity, of the Virgin Mary, and of the Devil, when a personal devil is referred to.
When the word devil is used as a general term or as an expletive the capital is not used.
2. Nouns and adjectives used to designate the Deity or any member of the Trinity: