
writing style - Should "State" be capitalized on its own? - English ...
2013年12月1日 · Say we had the following: Higher Education spending, clout, and influence in New York State is substantial. Within the State’s borders... Should the latter instance of State be capitalized or not?
abbreviations - Are state initials supposed to be capitalized ...
2016年8月10日 · State abbreviations are entirely a matter of style, and you should use the abbreviation and format dictated by your editor, house style, or preferred style manual. First of all, consider whether an abbreviation is even necessary.
Should the words "city"/"state"/"province" be capitalized (if not ...
When referring to an entity like a government body, should it be capitalized if referring to is by classification(?). E.g., if I write: The City of New York requires us to get a building permit.
Capitalization for "Federal" - English Language & Usage Stack …
2013年1月17日 · The Associated Press Stylebook has this entry for federal: Use a capital letter for the architectural style and for corporate or governmental bodies that use the word as part of their formal names: Federal Express, the Federal Trade Commission. Lowercase when used as an adjective to distinguish something from state, county, city, town or private entities: federal …
orthography - "grammar nazi" or "grammar Nazi"? - English …
2012年7月9日 · Either one works. Whether you capitalize Nazi or leave it generically uncapitalized depends on how much you want to emphasize it, and how much respect you want to appear to show for the NSDAP. Oh, and this is not about grammatical correctness. Grammar has nothing to do with literacy issues like spelling, punctuation, or capitalization. Grammar has to do with …
capitalization - When to capitalize a registered profession?
2017年10月13日 · I'm a registered practitioner as per the USPTO. That term covers individuals who are empowered to represent others before the patent office by virtue of passing the patent bar exam. Completely orthogonality, some are also state licensed attorneys, some are not. There may be other registered professions.
capitalization - "Masters degree" — capital M or not? - English ...
2012年12月13日 · When someone states "I have a Masters in Computer Science" should the word masters have a capital M? I've seen arguments for both and can't determine which is correct.
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
Acronyms and Initialisms- Uppercase, Lowercase, or either
2019年3月27日 · The Chicago Manual of Style, sixteenth edition (2010) briefly addresses the question of whether the spelled-out form of an initialism or acronym should be initial-capped if the short form is capitalized, at 10.6 Capital versus lowercase for acronyms and initialisms: On the other hand, if the words in a spelled-out version of an acronym or initialism are not derived …
Capitalization for email greeting: Good morning OR Good Morning
2015年7月10日 · In an email greeting "Good morning" does the word "morning" need to be capitalized? Is it Good Morning or Good morning?