During the editing process, students improve drafts for correct capitalization. For example, capital letters should be used for the first word in a sentence, the pronoun I, and proper nouns (e.g., "When I go to the library, I will look for books written by Bob Smith."). Capital letters can also be used in the first word in a quotation that is a complete sentence and for a person's official title (e.g., "Dr. Seuss is famous for saying, 'Why fit in when you were born to stand out.'").

During the editing stage of the writing process, students further improve their drafts and often prepare them for publishing by correcting conventions errors. Applying standard rules of the English language correctly helps the audience to easily understand the information by not having to interrupt their thinking to decide what the writer intended to say.

standard rules of the English language, including written mechanics such as punctuation, capitalization, spelling, paragraphing, etc. and written/oral grammar such as parts of speech, word order, subject-verb agreement, and sentence structure