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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>''Note: Adapted from [http://www.manythings.org/midi/ Standard MIDI Files on the Net].''<br /> <br /> The first and last words are always capitalized, and all except the words listed below are capitalized.<br /> <br /> ===Lowercase===<br /> These are lower-case, unless they are the first word or last word.<br /> <br /> ;articles: a, an, the<br /> ;conjunctions: and, but, or, nor<br /> ;prepositions that are less than five letters long: at, by for, from, in, into, of, off, on, onto, out, over, to, up, with<br /> ;as: (only if it is followed by a noun) <br /> <br /> ===Prepositions are sometimes capitalized===<br /> <br /> *Prepositions are capitalized when they are the first or last word.<br /> *Prepositions that are part of two-word &quot;phrasal verbs&quot; (Come On, Hold On, etc....) are capitalized.<br /> *Prepositions that are over four letters long. (across, after, among, beyond, ...) <br /> <br /> ===These short words are capitalized===<br /> <br /> *also, be, if, than, that, thus, when<br /> *as (if it is followed by a verb) <br /> <br /> ==List of some &quot;Phrasal Verbs&quot;==<br /> These are some phrases in which the preposition needs to be capitalized:<br /> *Beat Up<br /> *Blow Out<br /> *Break Down<br /> *Break Into<br /> *Break Up<br /> *Bring Up<br /> *Call Off<br /> *Call On<br /> *Call Up<br /> *Carry On<br /> *Come Back<br /> *Come Down<br /> *Come On<br /> *Come Out<br /> *Come Over<br /> *Do Over<br /> *Fill In<br /> *Fill Out<br /> *Find Out<br /> *Get Along<br /> *Get Around<br /> *Get By<br /> *Get Over<br /> *Get Through<br /> *Get Up<br /> *Give Back<br /> *Give Up<br /> *Go Along<br /> *Go Away<br /> *Go On<br /> *Go Over<br /> *Hand In<br /> *Hang Up<br /> *Hold On<br /> *Keep On<br /> *Keep Up<br /> *Leave Out<br /> *Let Down<br /> *Look For<br /> *Look Into<br /> *Look Like<br /> *Look Out<br /> *Look Over<br /> *Look Up<br /> *Make Out<br /> *Make Up<br /> *Pack Up<br /> *Pass Out<br /> *Pick Out<br /> *Pick Up<br /> *Put Away<br /> *Put Off<br /> *Put On<br /> *Put Out<br /> *Put Up<br /> *Roll Over<br /> *Run Into<br /> *Run Out<br /> *Run Over<br /> *Show Up<br /> *Take After<br /> *Take Back<br /> *Take Off<br /> *Take On<br /> *Take Up<br /> *Talk Back<br /> *Talk Over<br /> *Throw Away<br /> *Try On<br /> *Turn Down<br /> *Turn In<br /> *Turn Off<br /> *Turn On<br /> *Use Up<br /> *Wait On<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://search.cpan.org/dist/Text-Capitalize/Capitalize.pm Text::Capitalize] &amp;mdash; [[Perl]] module<br /> *[[wikipedia:Capitalization]]<br /> *[http://hubpages.com/hub/Grammar_Mishaps__Capitalization_Rules Grammar Mishaps: Capitalization Rules]<br /> <br /> __NOTOC__<br /> [[Category:Linguistics]]</div>

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