Days, months & seasons

Rules

• Rule 1: Capital letters for days and months

  Day and month names start with a capital letter, even in the middle of a sentence.

  Pattern: Monday, Friday, June, October

  Example: We have art on Thursday.

  Example: It snows in January.

• Rule 2: Seasons take small letters

  The four seasons are spring, summer, fall, and winter. We write them with a small letter, unless they start a sentence. In American English, the season after summer is fall: in the fall.

  Pattern: in spring · in summer · in the fall · in winter

  Example: Leaves turn yellow in the fall.

  Example: We go to the beach in summer.

• Rule 3: What day is it today?

  To ask about the day, say What day is it today? The answer starts with It's. We ask about months and seasons the same way.

  Pattern: What day / month / season is it? — It's …

  Example: What day is it today? — It's Tuesday.

  Example: What month is it? — It's October.

Common mistakes

• Today is monday. → Today is Monday.

  Day names always start with a capital letter.

• I like Winter. → I like winter.

  Seasons take a small letter in the middle of a sentence.

• My birthday is in the autumn. → My birthday is in the fall.

  In American English we say fall.