Should the «public schools» portion of «Richmond Public Schools, which refers to a city`s school district» be capitalized? In your June 21, 2012 response to Bev Harrison, you say that neither of the two examples of Laird she cites should be capitalized. And yet, Grammarly (advertised on your site) wants me to capitalize laird in any case, because it`s a proper noun. As part of a regular internal review of previous blog posts, we recently amended our August 10, 2011 response and article on job title capitalization to clarify that job titles that immediately follow a name are generally not capitalized. In other words, it is a matter of guidance rather than rule. I often see job postings capitalized the job title when it seems they shouldn`t according to CMS. Example: «The Executive Director is responsible for.. or «. Looking for a Director General for.. I know that when referring to a family member in a sentence like «My husband went to town,» the word «husband» is a common noun and therefore not capitalized. They should all be lowercase, as titles do not immediately precede the name. However, the Chicago Manual of Style also says, «The full names of institutions, groups, and companies, as well as the names of their departments, are capitalized.» If your early intervention program is also considered a department of your organization, you must justify in writing: «Our Early Intervention Program Director has 25 years of experience and a Bachelor of Science in Special Education.» Is it okay to spell senior in a job title? Or should it SR. as Senior Director of the Corporate Fleet? The capital letter is fraught with grey areas.
If you`re working on government documents or representing a government agency, our blog Capitalization of Governmental Words states, «If you`re referring to an appropriate word that uses an abbreviated version of the original name, you can capitalize it.» As a result, the author has some leeway in government work. However, we generally tend to side with the Stylebook AP and recommend not capitalizing on this case. I do not want to be too technical here, but was it really «the park» or even «Grand Canyon National Park» that released the report, or should it be the National Park Service that released the report? If you are referring to the New Year holiday, you should capitalize them. I will start my special needs program on New Year`s Day. In her answer, Jane focused on the question that was asked: the use of the action done. Jane assumed that «whould» was a typo while Isabella meant «should». As a matter of principle, we do not correct typos by our readers. If you write a title after a proper name, in this case a company name, should the title be capitalized? Example: «Contact your Facebook account manager for more information.» CMOS 8:34, «Epithets (or nicknames) and epithets» says: «A descriptive or characterizing word or phrase used in or instead of a person`s name is capitalized. A used in the context of such a noun is not capitalized (except, for example, at the beginning of a sentence). Therefore, the capitalization is correct in your examples. The omission of «the» in your examples sounds unpleasant to us. We would write: I hope the governor is not angry with me.
We have to ask the president`s opinion. I`m writing a screenplay with someone. Sometimes a character (A) will call another character (B) «Mr.» or «Mrs.» or «Mrs.» I believe that if they function as proper nouns, the first letter should be capitalized. My co-author doesn`t think so. Here is an example: However, it is noted that in the example given, «gentlemen» is also capitalized, and I do not think that should be the case. Please explain in the following example whether «gentlemen» should be capitalized: Captain. I`m not sure how to capitalize. I was a Marine, so I tend to capitalize the title of EVERY officer – joke. I guess Captain Jones is capitalized. What about the following examples: The captain waits. The captain just looked at him. Go see the captain.
The captain was standing right outside the door. The captain sent me. AREAA will meet with members of Congress. AREAA will meet with members of Congress. Which sentence is correct? In one of your examples, «The President shall address Congress,» the word is capitalized. Do you capitalize the supervisor position when it comes after the name of a department? Example «Application Review Supervisor verifies transfer.» Or should it say, «Damage Assessment Supervisor verifies transfer»? Rule 8.33 of the Chicago Manual of Style states: «A descriptive or characterizing word or phrase used in or instead of a person`s name is capitalized. A used in the context of such a noun is not capitalized (except, for example, at the beginning of a sentence). Under the leadership of our volunteer head coach Yvonne and volunteer assistant coaches Riley and Megan, we have learned a lot and grown as a team.
If so, would volunteering also be a top priority? Thank you very much! That`s right. However, if the title is used before a name and the title is not followed by a comma, it must be capitalized. Example: Are formal titles capitalized if they are written in a list as in a CV? Thank you! When it comes to capitalization of job titles, we constantly respond to calls for tenders for forms and similar documents, where these rules are almost always violated and all titles are capitalized. (Sometimes they stop capitalizing certain plural titles like «dispatcher,» but even those are sometimes capitalized. So, when we respond to another person`s formal request for a response to their document, do we correct hundreds of errors or adopt their writing style? Keep in mind that the solicitation document and response can be hundreds of pages long with dozens and dozens of titles. In the above case, I`m afraid that if I capitalize all titles except Supervisor, less informed readers will assume it`s a typo. Or should all titles be lowercase, in which case I`m afraid the passage will be harder to read. Any advice on how I should write this would be appreciated! I noticed in the comments above that «Co-Chair» should not be written with a hyphen, but should be written in one word. Is it the same for all «co» titles? For example, «co-director»? Yes, I think you fall into that trap. Titles should only be capitalized if they precede a proper noun, if they are used as part of the noun or, in special cases, if they immediately follow the name without the word le. This blog follows the rules of the Chicago Manual of Style.
According to Rule 8.1, «proper nouns are normally capitalized, as are some of the terms derived from or associated with proper nouns. For the latter, Chicago prefers the parsimonious use of capital letters – sometimes called the «down» style. Although Brussels (the Belgian city) is capitalized, Chicago prefers Brussels sprouts that do not necessarily come from Brussels (see 8.60). Similarly, President Obama is capitalized, but the president is not (see 8:18-32). (In some non-academic contexts – e.g. A press release – terms such as president can be capitalized.) I`m going through a parent`s manual (or parent`s manual) for my gymnastics team. I don`t know when the words team and level should be capitalized. The previous author capitalizes both words throughout the manual. I told him not to capitalize the words. Reading it again and reading it, do I think examples 1 and 5 below should be capitalized, while the others should remain lowercase? Only the proper name is capitalized, unless it is a job title that immediately precedes a name when used as part of the name. «Contact your Facebook account manager for more information.» You are right. The term is commonly used and is not used as a job title that is part of a person`s name.
Therefore, it should not be capitalized. The trend in technology is to capitalize words like «website» (or website), internet, and blog until the names become part of colloquial language. At this point, we tend to stop capitalizing. I think that «blog», short for «weblog», will soon no longer be capitalized, just as many people no longer capitalize «website». As mentioned in Capitalization Rule 6a, «the capitalization of a formal title when used as a direct address.» The word Officer is used as the direct address in your example, so it is capitalized. However, it is important to note that some direct address terms are discretionary and many authors would not capitalize them. Examples: my friend, darling, guy, old friend. The more formal the title, the more likely it is to be capped. What if you want to write a business letter and say, «The department was involved in the highway project.