Editing Capitalization (section)

===Adjectives===
* In English, [[adjective]]s derived from proper nouns (except the names of characters in fictional works) usually retain their capitalization: e.g. a ''Christian'' church, ''Canadian'' whisky, a ''Shakespearean'' sonnet, but not a ''[[Quixotism|quixotic]]'' mission nor ''malapropism''. Where the original capital is no longer at the beginning of the word, usage varies: ''anti-Christian'', and either ''Presocratic'', ''pre-Socratic'', ''Pre-Socratic'' or ''presocratic''. Never&nbsp;''preSocratic''{{spaced ndash}}a hyphen must precede a capital in a compound word.
* Such adjectives do not receive capitals in French ({{lang|fr|socratique}}, {{lang|fr|présocratique}}), Spanish ({{lang|es|socrático}}, {{lang|es|presocrático}}), Swedish ({{lang|sv|sokratisk}}, {{lang|sv|försokratisk}}), Polish ({{lang|pl|sokratejski}}, {{lang|pl|presokratejski}}) nor partly in German ({{lang|de|sokratisch}}, {{lang|de|präsokratisch}}, but {{lang|de|Ohm'sches Gesetz}} ("Ohm's Law")). In German, if the adjective becomes a noun by using an article or numeral in front of it ({{lang|de|das/die Bunte}} (the colorful thing(s)), {{lang|de|eine Schöne}} (a beautiful one)), it is capitalized like any other noun, as are nouns formed from proper nouns ({{lang|de|der Urgoethe}}). The same applies to verbs ({{lang|de|das Laufen}} (the (practice of) running), {{lang|de|das Spazierengehen}} (the (practice of) going for a walk)).
* [[Demonym|Adjectives referring to nationality or ethnicity]] are not capitalized in many European languages such as German, French or [[Czech language|Czech]], even though nouns are: {{lang|de|ein kanadisches Schiff}}, {{lang|fr|un navire canadien}}, {{lang|cs|kanadská loď}}, a Canadian ship; {{lang|de|ein Kanadier}}, {{lang|fr|un Canadien}}, {{lang|cs|Kanaďan}}, a Canadian. Both nouns and adjectives are capitalized in English when referring to nationality or ethnicity.