meaning - When should ‘state’ be capitalised? - English Language ...
Oct 13, 2015 · Lowercase state in references to a geographical area (They drove through the state of Illinois) and when it stands alone (The state sued the city) Capitalize when State appears with the name of an official agency or with an official title that is capitalized: the State Education Department, State Treasurer Pat Y. Berenich.
Should the words "city"/"state"/"province" be capitalized (if not ...
Even in the case of the council only used when writing about THE New York City Council, as opposed to writing "New York city council and other city councils are considering the use of garbage cans." If we were to capitalize qualifiers referring to conceptual proper nouns, there would be capitals everywhere, like camels walking in every sentence.
grammar - Do I Capitalize someone's role? - English Language
Oct 24, 2014 · capitals jobs all lc, eg prime minister, US secretary of state, chief rabbi, editor of the Guardian. titles cap up titles, but not job description, eg President Barack Obama (but the US president, Barack Obama, and Obama on subsequent mention); the Duke of Westminster (the duke at second mention); Pope Francis but the pope.
Fine semantic differences between "thus" and "therefore"
Jan 25, 2014 · For example: Few of the nation's largest cities are state capitals; thus 4 neither New York nor Chicago is the seat of its state's government. 1 not same: you cannot say lay the pieces out therefore. 2 not same: you cannot say we've discussed three topics therefore far 3 this meaning is the same
Capitalization for "Federal" - English Language & Usage Stack …
Jan 17, 2013 · Lowercase when used as an adjective to distinguish something from state, county, city, town or private entities: federal assistance, federal court, the federal government, a federal judge. So, if you are following AP style, your sentence would be:
capitalization - To capitalize "department" or not - English …
Mar 27, 2011 · When using the word 'department' (or 'group', 'committee', and the like) as part of a recognized name it would be capitalized:
Proper capitalization of commonly used acronyms and initialisms
Use all capitals if an abbreviation is pronounced as the individual letters: BBC, VAT, etc; if it is an acronym (pronounced as a word) spell out with initial capital, eg Nasa, Nato, unless it can be considered to have entered the language as an everyday word, such as awol, laser and, more recently, asbo, pin number and sim card.
Capitalization for email greeting: Good morning OR Good Morning
Jul 10, 2015 · 1. If you search Google images for "good morning" you will discover that the following occur on greetings cards:
abbreviations - Should I write "PhD" or "Ph.D."? - English …
This page discusses whether to use "PhD" or "Ph.D." in written English.
AM/PM vs a.m./p.m. vs am/pm - English Language & Usage Stack …
I used to think PM/AM was correct, but at some point, I switched to using p.m./a.m. for reasons I can't recall. I know that in practical, casual writing, people tend to use whatever form is most