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Italian Capitalization

When to Use Capital Letters in Italian

By Michael San Filippo, About.com

Many words that are capitalized in English are not capitalized in Italian. These include: the days of the week, the months of the year, proper adjectives, a few proper nouns, and titles such as Mr., Mrs., and Miss.

Arriva domenica. He is arriving on Sunday.
Il signor Neri è italiano. Mr. Neri is Italian.
Gli americani sono industriosi. Americans are industrious.

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