What should be capitalized in a report?

• A. Proper nouns, the pronoun 'I', and the first letter of each sentence.
• B. Every noun.
• C. Only the first sentence of each paragraph.
• D. All adjectives.

Answer: (A)

Capitalization in a report follows standard English rules: capitalize proper nouns, the pronoun I, and the first letter of every sentence. Proper nouns name specific people, places, or organizations, so they get capital letters to distinguish them from common nouns. The pronoun I is always capitalized, no matter where it appears. The first letter of each sentence is capitalized to signal the start of a new thought and keep the writing readable.

Why this is best: it covers the essential, consistent rules you’ll apply in most formal writing. Not capitalizing proper nouns would blur important identifiers; not capitalizing I would violate a universal convention; not capitalizing sentence starts would make reading the report harder and muddle where ideas begin. Other options stray from these standard practices—capitalizing every noun overextends capitalization to common nouns, while treating only the first sentence of each paragraph or all adjectives as capitalization rules ignores the real, widely accepted guidelines.