{"id":4100,"date":"2022-12-29T18:34:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T18:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=4100"},"modified":"2024-08-27T05:31:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T05:31:31","slug":"should-the-names-of-seasons-be-capitalized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/should-the-names-of-seasons-be-capitalized","title":{"rendered":"Should the names of seasons be capitalized?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">Although you should capitalize all proper nouns, how do you know which words fall into that category when they don\u2019t describe specific places or people? Things like school subjects, days of the week, months of the year, and seasons all have different rules regarding capitalization. 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