More than one‐third of the world's population uses a writing system that includes both uppercase and lowercase letter forms. In these writing systems, capitalization is the use of an uppercase form ...

Capitalization is known as the action of writing or printing a word in capital letters, with the first letter capitalized and the remaining letters lowercase. Sometimes when typing in Microsoft Word, ...

Capital letters and capitalization are aspects of language that are virtually invisible—except when our expectations about their use are violated in some way. Then they become almost impossible to ...

Correct grammar is so last generation. If you’re still using proper punctuation and capital letters while texting, your age might be showing, as typing in all lowercase has become a Gen Z hallmark.

In 2020, the reassessment of race relations in the U.S. produced an orthographic kerfuffle about whether and how to capitalize accepted terms for racial, ethnic and gender-defined groups. Fissures ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. A recent (excellent) piece on Sean Hannity’s integrity (LOL) that ran on Slate contained the ...