Should I capitalize indians in a sentence? Example - The indians live in the southwest. Another one has me confused, I played with Mexican jumping beans. Should I capitalize mexican jump beans? Thanks any help will be great.
Yes. Indians is capitalized. We also usually capitalize Southwest in this sentence.
You're right about Mexican jumping beans. Names of countries that are used as adjectives are capitalized.
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In general, capitalization rules in English suggest that nationalities and ethnicities should be capitalized when they are used as proper nouns or when they are the first word in a sentence. However, when they are used as common nouns or are used after articles or possessive pronouns, they should be written in lowercase.
Let's apply these rules to your examples:
1. "The Indians live in the southwest." - In this case, "Indians" refers to a specific group of people and is used as a proper noun to indicate Native Americans. Therefore, it should be capitalized.
2. "I played with Mexican jumping beans." - In this sentence, "Mexican" is used as an adjective to describe the type of jumping beans. As it comes after the article "with" and does not refer to a specific group of people, it should be written in lowercase.
To summarize, capitalize "Indians" in your first example as it is used to refer to a specific group of people. However, write "Mexican jumping beans" in lowercase in your second example as it is an adjective describing the type of beans.