Races. When you refer to a race in a sentence, do not capitalize the race’s name (unless English grammar demands capitalization). What is supposed to be capitalized? In general, you should capitalize the first word, all nouns, all verbs (even short ones, like is), all adjectives, and all proper nouns.Read More →
A general rule of thumb, if you are refering to a specific committee, use capital letters. If you are refering to committees in general, use lower case. Do you capitalize committee chair? Chair, Chairman, Chairwoman Capitalize chair, chairman, and chairwoman only when the title precedes a name; keep it lowercaseRead More →
After reviewing several recipe web sites created by corporate media groups and Internet startups, it is clear that, in general, recipe ingredients are not capitalized, but a few online style guides do say to capitalize the first letter of an ingredient name. What words should you capitalize? In general, youRead More →
When using the word ‘department’ (or ‘group’, ‘committee’, and the like) as part of a recognized name it would be capitalized: Bill recently joined the Advertising Department. If using ‘department’ not as part of a specific name it would be lower case: We had a party to welcome Bill toRead More →
Capitalization in the English language is a device often used to mark words with special status. … Other dance forms such as ballet, hip-hop, and samba are not capitalized, and so, bharatanatyam need not be treated differently. Grammatically speaking, it is not a proper noun. Do I italicize dance titles?Read More →
The word state shouldn’t be capitalized if it comes before the name of the state. For example, it should be “the state of Colorado” and not “the State of Colorado”. The word state shouldn’t be capitalized if it is used in place of a state’s name. Should state be capitalizedRead More →
APStylebook on Twitter: “Capitalize Type 1 and Type 2 for the two main forms of diabetes. Should names of disorders be capitalized? In general, do not capitalize the names of diseases, disorders, therapies, treatments, theories, concepts, hypotheses, principles, models, and statistical procedures. Should medicine names be capitalized? Pharmaceutical drug brandRead More →
“Good afternoon” is the normal thing to say when greeting someone politely after 12:00 noon, up to 6 PM approximately. You could say “Good evening” after that. However, “Good night” is not a greeting, but is said when leaving someone during the late evening. Should morning be capitalized? The wordRead More →
Word forms: goddaughters countable noun. A goddaughter is a female godchild. Is Godmother a capital? ‘Godmother’ and ‘godfather’ are also kept lowercase. Are words supposed to be capitalized? In general, you should capitalize the first word, all nouns, all verbs (even short ones, like is), all adjectives, and all properRead More →
Ocean gets capitalized because it is part of that puddle’s proper name. … Pacific means “peaceful,” and the ocean was named by Ferdinand Magellan because he had clear weather and smooth seas when he first sailed into it. But, as it turns out, the Pacific Ocean isn’t a pacific ocean.Read More →