This tag is for questions about the proper usage of capital letters.
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coronavirus - Why no 'c' capital? Why is there no space?
It is written 'coronavirus' with no space and no capitalized 'c'. I'm not sure about it. It is the name of virus which makes it a proper noun. Plus, they should be two words like other viruses have. The list is here One of the known examples is…
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What does capital 'L' signify in labour?
Source:https://www.google.co.in/webhp?hl=en#hl=en&q=opposite+number
The agriculture minister and his Labour opposite number
Is that a mistake?
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Why "Section, Chapter, Table, Figure" are capitalized in articles
The goal of this section is to analyse the features introduced in Section 3 for boilerplate detection.
In books and papers, we see "Figure 1", "Chapter 2", "Section 1", "Table 2". Why are they capitalized?
From my searching, this is recommended…
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When do you capitalise the "P" in pokemon?
There have been a lot of articles online of late concerning the release of Pokemon Go. Across different articles, there are different patterns for capitalising the 'p' in pokemon.
I have been taught to use capitalisation when it is a name, but…
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Capitalisation in titles
Some of the examples:
Flow of Control between Layers
Layered Architecture: Schematic
Introduction to Aspect Oriented Programming(AOP)
POJO-based Programming Model
I can't decide whether to use capitalised form in titles and whether it is…
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Reason for starting with capital letter
"DURSLEY!" he boomed.
Uncle Vernon, who had gone very pale, whispered something that sounded like "Mimblewimble." Hagrid stared wildly at Harry.
"But yeh must know about yer mom and dad," he said. "I mean, they're famous. You're famous."
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the Capital and Small Letter in Title
I am confused about when to write capital letter or small letter in a title. Like the title above, I think
The, and, in are perp, so they can be small letters.
Am I right? Can someone clarify the rules about the Capital and Small Letter in Title.
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Should "Nordic" be capitalized when used in "Nordic combined" or "Nordic walking"?
I'm under the impression "Nordic" should be capitalized when it's on its own, as it's a proper noun.
But should "Nordic" be capitalized when it's used in a compound, such as Nordic combined or Nordic walking, which aren't proper nouns?
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"Find Ally" hint in Uncharted 4 video game
When you are far from your current ally and he or she has something to say to you a hint "Find Ally" appears. I wonder why this hint is written the way it is. I personally find it very weird and unusual.
Shouldn't it be for instance "Find your…
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Why does Oxford's entry for the word 'Decadence' have 'W' capital in Western society?
I was looking for the word decadence and looked in the Oxford Dictionary. Here is the entry
decadence (n) - behaviour, attitudes, etc. which show a fall in standards, especially moral ones, and an interest in pleasure and enjoyment rather than more…
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a capitalization question on the sentence ''second world war...''
In the sentence (just a sentence to be provided an example, I made it up) ''I think the second World War was more devastating than World War I'' so I checked capitalization rules on Grammarly and I didn't find any reason to capitalize ''s'' of…
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Correct syntax for capital letters
Should I use capital letters in front of items? There are two cases
The reasons for that are: 1) We don't have budget and 2) We can not do that.
or
The reasons for that are:
1) We don't have budget.
2) We can not do that.
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Should we Islamize with a capital i or islamize with a small i?
I am wondering about the correct spelling of the word
to islamize
which I met right now in a research paper on distribution of conspiracy theories by a colleague (not important here, just to give you the context why I deal with that word).
The…
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Are there situations when 'Capitol Hill' should NOT be capitalized as a proper noun?
"Capitol Hill" is a proper noun as a name for both the area where the US Capitol building sits as well as a residential district. Of course these should be capitalized when used as proper nouns.
But also, in news and politics, people often use…
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Should "mathematics" be capitalized in the following examples?
Should "mathematics" be capitalized in the following two cases:
a Ph.D. program in (mathematics or Mathematics)
the Ph.D. program in (mathematics or Mathematics). (referred to the
Ph.D. program in the Department of Mathematics in a university,
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