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Wingspread Posted 23 years ago
Grammar

Academic subjects - capital or lowercase

When writing about academic subjects such as sociology or Urban Planning, when do we capitalize and when do we use lowercase? Thanks.
  

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Dear Wingspread, Hope this helps: 1. The Sociology 211 lectures are boring. ( a specific sociology subject) 2.

— Ryan

  • Dear Wingspread, Hope this helps: 1.
  • The Sociology 211 lectures are boring.
  • ( a specific sociology subject) 2.
  • I have never liked sociology.
  • (a general reference to sociology) Ryan
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Dear Wingspread,

Hope this helps:

1. The Sociology 211 lectures are boring. ( a specific sociology subject)

2. I have never liked sociology. (a general reference to sociology)


Ryan
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(exception to be made for foriegn languages ... always capped!)

i study French ... i am taking French 101
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The above rule is helpful, but remember that any field related to a language should always be capitalized. Thus:

1. The English 211 lecture was boring. (a specific English subject)
2. I never liked English. ( a general reference to English)

-CDP
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