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English in UK
Capiltalisation
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I am currently filling in job application form where one has to give various examples/tales from life.
I am relating a tale which involves my grandparents, now the query I have is, I am writing a sentences speaking of my grandparents... (example)
"My grandparents had been married for nearly Forty years and had rarely been apart. My grandfather bought a cat, while my grandmother bought a dog. My grandfathers cat ate my grandmothers dog"
Now my question is, should the G in grandmother and the G in grandfather be capitals?
TIA
Tom Burton
I am currently filling in job application form where one has to give various examples/tales from life.
I am relating a tale which involves my grandparents, now the query I have is, I am writing a sentences speaking of my grandparents... (example)
"My grandparents had been married for nearly Forty years and had rarely been apart. My grandfather bought a cat, while my grandmother bought a dog. My grandfathers cat ate my grandmothers dog"
Now my question is, should the G in grandmother and the G in grandfather be capitals?
TIA
Tom Burton
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Tom Burton schrieb: [nq:1]Hi I am currently filling in job application form where one has to give various examples/tales from life. I am ... [/nq] I'd leave them uncapitalised in the sentences you quote, but the word "forty" shouldn't be capitalised.
- Tom Burton schrieb: [nq:1]Hi I am currently filling in job application form where one has to give various examples/tales from life.
- I am ...
- [/nq] I'd leave them uncapitalised in the sentences you quote, but the word "forty" shouldn't be capitalised.
- Also it should be "my grandfather's cat" and "my grandmother's dog".
- Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
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Tom Burton schrieb:
[nq:1]Hi I am currently filling in job application form where one has to give various examples/tales from life. I am ... ate my grandmothers dog" Now my question is, should the G in grandmother and the G in grandfather be capitals?[/nq]
I'd leave them uncapitalised in the sentences you quote, but the word "forty" shouldn't be capitalised. Also it should be "my grandfath
[nq:1]Hi I am currently filling in job application form where one has to give various examples/tales from life. I am ... ate my grandmothers dog" Now my question is, should the G in grandmother and the G in grandfather be capitals?[/nq]
I'd leave them uncapitalised in the sentences you quote, but the word "forty" shouldn't be capitalised. Also it should be "my grandfath
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[nq:1]Hi I am currently filling in job application form where one has to give various examples/tales from life. I am ... ate my grandmothers dog" Now my question is, should the G in grandmother and the G in grandfather be capitals?[/nq]
No. Nor should the F of forty.
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No. Nor should the F of forty.
Mike Stevens
narrowboat Felis Catus III
web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk
Defend the waterways.
Visit the
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At 18:46:47 on Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Tom Burton
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[nq:1]Hi I am currently filling in job application form where one has to give various examples/tales from life. I am ... ate my grandmothers dog" Now my question is, should the G in grandmother and the G in grandfather be capitals?[/nq]
No. If you were referring to them by name, then they would: "Grandfather's cat ate
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[nq:1]Hi I am currently filling in job application form where one has to give various examples/tales from life. I am ... ate my grandmothers dog" Now my question is, should the G in grandmother and the G in grandfather be capitals?[/nq]
No. If you were referring to them by name, then they would: "Grandfather's cat ate
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Molly Mockford schrieb:
[nq:2]Hi I am currently filling in job application form where ... G in grandmother and the G in grandfather be capitals?[/nq]
[nq:1]No. If you were referring to them by name, then they would: "Grandfather's cat ate Grandmother's dog" - but not with "my" in front of them. By the way, note the possessive apostrophes which you should use. And "Forty" should read "forty
[nq:2]Hi I am currently filling in job application form where ... G in grandmother and the G in grandfather be capitals?[/nq]
[nq:1]No. If you were referring to them by name, then they would: "Grandfather's cat ate Grandmother's dog" - but not with "my" in front of them. By the way, note the possessive apostrophes which you should use. And "Forty" should read "forty
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[nq:2]No. If you were referring to them by name, then ... apostrophes which you should use. And "Forty" should read "forty".[/nq]
Apostrophes - Knew that durrrhhh! Silly me - too busy trying to make it so that the prospective employer can't Google for anything within my application.
As for the 'forty' thing... didn't know that. - Live and learn
Thanks All
Tom
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Apostrophes - Knew that durrrhhh! Silly me - too busy trying to make it so that the prospective employer can't Google for anything within my application.
As for the 'forty' thing... didn't know that. - Live and learn
Thanks All
Tom
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[nq:1]Hi I am currently filling in job application form where one has to give various examples/tales from life. I am ... ate my grandmothers dog" Now my question is, should the G in grandmother and the G in grandfather be capitals?[/nq]
I am surprised that no one have given you the general rule, which I learned years ago. Don't they teach the rules of grammar these days?
Capitalise t
I am surprised that no one have given you the general rule, which I learned years ago. Don't they teach the rules of grammar these days?
Capitalise t
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[nq:1]Hi I am currently filling in job application form where one has to give various examples/tales from life. I am ... ate my grandmothers dog" Now my question is, should the G in grandmother and the G in grandfather be capitals?[/nq]
Surely you should be asking yourself why you are telling a story about your grandparents' pets in a job application, regardless of grammar.
Surely you should be asking yourself why you are telling a story about your grandparents' pets in a job application, regardless of grammar.
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[nq:1]Apostrophes - Knew that durrrhhh! Silly me - too busy trying to make it so that the prospective employer can't Google for anything within my application. As for the 'forty' thing... didn't know that. - Live and learn Thanks All[/nq]
Using capitals for grandparents prevents web searching?
I hope that your employer would have something better to do, and would use 'Google' as a nou
Using capitals for grandparents prevents web searching?
I hope that your employer would have something better to do, and would use 'Google' as a nou
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[nq:2]Apostrophes - Knew that durrrhhh! Silly me - too busy ... thing... didn't know that. - Live and learn Thanks All[/nq]
[nq:1]Using capitals for grandparents prevents web searching? I hope that your employer would have something better to do, and would ... your employer favoured say the Alta Vista site as a search - would you say that they were Alta-Vista-ing ?[/nq]
Do you never say "h
[nq:1]Using capitals for grandparents prevents web searching? I hope that your employer would have something better to do, and would ... your employer favoured say the Alta Vista site as a search - would you say that they were Alta-Vista-ing ?[/nq]
Do you never say "h
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[nq:1]Do you never say "hoovering"?[/nq]
No. My vacuum cleaner was not manufactured by Hoover but even if it were, I would still say 'cleaning' because that is what I do with that piece of equipment. My parent used to say that she would 'vac the bedrooms' or similar, but using 'vac' as an abbreviation for 'vacuum clean' is not quite the same as turning a trade name into a verb.
When you do
No. My vacuum cleaner was not manufactured by Hoover but even if it were, I would still say 'cleaning' because that is what I do with that piece of equipment. My parent used to say that she would 'vac the bedrooms' or similar, but using 'vac' as an abbreviation for 'vacuum clean' is not quite the same as turning a trade name into a verb.
When you do
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