Question for the spelling police

[Lord Pikey]

I have just come out of my German lesson and between 4 English guys we couldn't work out if when writing a sentance in English you write the days of the week with a capital or not?

I know you write a capital letter for names and I think you write it for the months of the year but we are not sure about days of the week.

so, is it monday or Monday?

thanks

LP

[Justayellowbadge]

Lord Pikey said:

I have just come out of my German lesson and between 4 English guys we couldn't work out if when writing a sentance in English you write the days of the week with a capital or not?

You never write a 'sentance' in English.

Edited by Justayellowbadge on Tuesday 26th May 12:42

[kambites]

Yes, you should capitalise days (and months).

[Lord Pikey]

Justayellowbadge said:

Lord Pikey said:

I have just come out of my German lesson and between 4 English guys we couldn't work out if when writing a sentance in English you write the days of the week with a capital or not?

You never write a 'sentance' in English.

Edited by Justayellowbadge on Tuesday 26th May 12:42

OH bks!

[TedMaul]

wiki said:

In English, the names of days of the week, months and languages are capitalized, as are demonyms like Englishman, Arab. In other languages, practice varies[4].

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalisation

[Tomlev40]

Lord Pikey said:

so, is it monday or Monday?

Damn fool, it's Monday!

[hugo a gogo]

Tomlev40 said:

Lord Pikey said:

so, is it monday or Monday?

Damn fool, it's Monday!

it's Wednesday you fools!

[Eric Mc]

Capital letters should always be used when referring to "Proper Nouns" or "Names".

The days of the week have names so they should always be prefixed with a capital - just like a person's name.
In fact, any object, item or person which has a specific name should always be prefixed with a capital letter.

I am always amazed at the lack of knowledge of basic English (notice the capital "E" in English) that's out there.

[Vipers]

Tomlev40 said:

Damn fool, it's Monday!

Well its Wednesday up here!