Which of the following sentences correctly follows the rules of capitalization?
A.
I plan to enroll in College next Year.
B.
Even though he moved to New York, he was born in a western town
C.
The A1 Plumbing Board of Directors gave every employee a Range
D.
The Geography students took a class trip to the Rocky Mountains.
The correct answer and Explanation is :
The correct sentence is:
D. The Geography students took a class trip to the Rocky Mountains.
Explanation:
- Sentence A: “I plan to enroll in College next Year.”
- Incorrect: “College” and “Year” should not be capitalized here. Common nouns like “college” and “year” are not capitalized unless they are part of a specific name (e.g., “Harvard College”).
- Corrected: “I plan to enroll in college next year.”
- Sentence B: “Even though he moved to New York, he was born in a western town.”
- Incorrect: “western” should be capitalized because it refers to a region, in this case, a direction or part of the country.
- Corrected: “Even though he moved to New York, he was born in a Western town.”
- Sentence C: “The A1 Plumbing Board of Directors gave every employee a Range.”
- Incorrect: “Range” is a common noun and should not be capitalized unless referring to a specific brand name. It’s unclear here if “Range” is a specific model, so assuming it refers to a common object, it should be lowercase.
- Corrected: “The A1 Plumbing Board of Directors gave every employee a range.”
- Sentence D: “The Geography students took a class trip to the Rocky Mountains.”
- Correct: “Geography” is a proper noun in this case, as it refers to a specific course. “Rocky Mountains” is a proper noun, representing a specific geographical region, and thus should be capitalized. The capitalization rules in this sentence are correct, so no changes are needed.
Thus, sentence D adheres to the rules of capitalization correctly.