Usages of a minúscula
Não te esqueças da maiúscula no início da frase e da minúscula depois da vírgula.
Don’t forget the capital letter at the beginning of the sentence and the lowercase letter after the comma.
O Pedro ainda se engana no acento de algumas palavras, mas já usa melhor a maiúscula e a minúscula.
Pedro still makes mistakes with the accent in some words, but he already uses capital and lowercase letters better.
A professora pediu-nos que escrevêssemos o título em maiúsculas e o resto em minúsculas.
The teacher asked us to write the title in capital letters and the rest in lowercase.
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