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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Capital letters in 'the'
Hi there,
I'm just having a bit of trouble with the word 'the' in titles of groups and magazines etc.
I was always under the impression that unless you are using 'the' at the beginning of a sentence, the 't' is always lower case. eg. "The National Trust are an organisation...." and "In the beginning the National Trust.."
However, I've seen examples where people are using 'the' as an actual part of the title. eg. "In the beginning The National Trust.." and also in a newspaper called The People, they referred to themselves, "....as reported in The People last week."
Obviously, when you refer to places you put 'the' at the beginning, but that doesn't neccessarily mean that it should be capitalised, should it? And what if it is part of the title? The National Trust are actually just 'National Trust' but 'The People' is the actual title of the newspaper, so there I think it makes sense. Can anyone clarify it for me?
Many thanks
Becca
I'm just having a bit of trouble with the word 'the' in titles of groups and magazines etc.
I was always under the impression that unless you are using 'the' at the beginning of a sentence, the 't' is always lower case. eg. "The National Trust are an organisation...." and "In the beginning the National Trust.."
However, I've seen examples where people are using 'the' as an actual part of the title. eg. "In the beginning The National Trust.." and also in a newspaper called The People, they referred to themselves, "....as reported in The People last week."
Obviously, when you refer to places you put 'the' at the beginning, but that doesn't neccessarily mean that it should be capitalised, should it? And what if it is part of the title? The National Trust are actually just 'National Trust' but 'The People' is the actual title of the newspaper, so there I think it makes sense. Can anyone clarify it for me?
Many thanks
Becca
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Yes, if the word "the" is a proper part of the name then it should be capitalised, otherwise not. However, it can sometimes be hard to establish which is the case, which probably accounts for the discrepancies that you see.
- Yes, if the word "the" is a proper part of the name then it should be capitalised, otherwise not.
- However, it can sometimes be hard to establish which is the case, which probably accounts for the discrepancies that you see.
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Yes, if the word "the" is a proper part of the name then it should be capitalised, otherwise not. However, it can sometimes be hard to establish which is the case, which probably accounts for the discrepancies that you see.
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