Capitalizing the first word of a sentence

Obviously, the first word of a sentence should be capitalized.

Example sentence: When lightning struck the house, the chimney collapsed.

When a sentence appears within parentheses, capitalize its first word unless the parentheses appear within another sentence.

Example sentence: Early detection of breast cancer significantly increases survival rates. (See the table on page 34.)

Example sentence: Early detection of breast cancer significantly increases survival rates (see the table on page 34).

Exercise: Capitalization