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He said President Bush will meet with Vice President Dick Cheney tomorrow. He met Auburn City Engineer William Fendly. The list included Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. presidency (always lowercased) |
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The president will meet with the vice president. The Auburn city engineer... Donald Rumsfeld, defense secretary,... |
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gardener John Jones defense attorney John Paul astronaut John Glenn professor John Smith |
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Union Republic Colonies Republic of Korea French Fifth Republic |
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Congress Senate House Cabinet Legislature Supreme Court 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Juvenile Court and District Court |
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| Capitalize when referring to the United States or specific state |
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The building in Washington (or Montgomery) |
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The Senate Judiciary Committee met at noon. The committee recessed early. The Senate Judiciary subcommitte meet today. |
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Capitalize committee in full names lowercase committee when standing alone always lowercase subcommittee |
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He received Social Security payments. He advocates social security for the aged. |
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Capitalize Social Security Administration and Social Security Act when referring to the U.S. system but lowercase in a general sense |
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Army Navy and Navy Seal Air Force Marines Coast Guard and Marine Coast Guardsman Armed Forces National Guard Reserves |
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Capitalize when referring to the United States but lowercase soldier, sailor and leatherneck |
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Mother's Day Battle of the Bulge Good Friday Hurricane Henry Safety Week Typhoon Tilda New Year's Day |
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Capitalize holidays, historic events, special events, hurricanes, typhoons but lowercase... What will the new year bring? |
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Middle East Texas Panhandle Orient Chicago's South Side Deep South Mideast Lower Manhattan |
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Capitalize specific regions |
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East-West realtions East Germany north Alabama |
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Capitalize ideological and political areas (Region) Lowercase mere direction (Direction) |
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Democratic Party Democrat Republican Socialist Communist Independent Red China and Red Army democratic form of government republican system socialism |
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God the Father the Son the Son of God the Redeemer the Holy Spirit Allah he, his, him, who, whose, whom Bible, Quran, Talmud Satan Hades heaven hell devil |
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| Capitalize all names ofthe Bible and all names of organized religious movements |
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Broad and Main streets Broad Street Main Street |
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| Lowercase street, road and avenue when plural |
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"Tom Sawyer" "Mona Lisa" Bible Webster's Dictionary |
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| Capitalize and place in quotes titles of books, plays, poems, speeches, songs, movies, operas, works of art |
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Tigers Crimson Tide Sunshine State Old Glory the Magic City the Big Apple Sin City |
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Capitalize fanciful nicknames |
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Medal of Honor Presidential Medal of Freedom |
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remove Congressional add Presidential |
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The City Council voted. The County Commission voted. The Department of Education |
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Capitalize when not standing alone council alone never capitalized |
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...at 9:30 a.m. CDT on Friday Auburn is on Central Daylight Time Auburn is in the Central time zone |
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In addresses that include the number abbreviate... spell out all others at all times |
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St. Ave. Blvd. N. S. E. N.W. North (when number not given) |
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35 mm film My car gets 15 miles per gallon. My previous car got 20 mpg. |
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| Lowercase abbreviations that do not involve proper names. On first mention spell out miles per gallon |
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She was born in Boise, Idaho, and moved to Logan, Utah, at the age of 18. He was born in Amite, La., and moved to Auburn, Ala., for three years. They lived at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., for three years. |
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| Abbreviate all states (with more than six letters) when they follow cities, towns, military bases, national parks and reservations. |
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce U.N. headquarters U.S. foreign policy The foreign policy of the United States has been... The membeship of the United Nations is divided... |
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Abbreviate United States and United Nations in titles and when used as adjectives Spell out Unites States and United Naitons when used as a noun |
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Bob Jones went to Chicago in January and returned Feb. 3. The battle started February 1945. The battle started Feb. 19, 1945, when Marines... |
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Abbreviate months only when used with a calendar date |
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President Jay Gouge of Auburn University has called for a change in... Gouge opposed the plan. Dr. Jane Smith, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, has called... Smith said... |
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| Professional titles normally are used on first mention, either before or following the name. |
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The lieutenant governor told members... The senator urged his colleagues... The president spoke to the nation... |
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Spell out and lowercase all titles used after the name or standing alone |
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They were Dan Jones of Opelika, Bill Smith of Dadeville and Mrs. J.C. Wade of Atlanta. |
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| DO NOT use a comma before of (or in) |
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J.C. Penney Co. Inc. John Jones II and William C. Ivey Jr. attended |
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| Omit the comma before Roman numerals, Jr. and Sr., and after Co. Inc. |
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write out numerals one through nine use numerals for numbers 10 and higher |
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"I won't go," she said. "I'll just stay here." |
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| The comma and period ALWAYS go inside the quotation marks |
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$1,450,000 is $1.45 million $2,455,000 is $2.46 million |
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| more than $1 million must be rounded to two decimal places |
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