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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Capital or not

Should the word alfter the dash be capitalized?

A Berkley PhD scholar in dentistry - 'Gum or gum' disease.

Thanks.
  

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If 'gum disease' is a title (or if it were a sentence) use capital(s) for the first letter(s), it it's a personal summary that's not a quote, use small lettering. d

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If 'gum disease' is a title (or if it were a sentence) use capital(s) for the first letter(s), it it's a personal summary that's not a quote, use small lettering.
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meteorquakeIf 'gum disease' is a title (or if it were a sentence) use capital(s) for the first letter(s), it it's a personal summary that's not a quote, use small lettering.d
Thanks for your help.

It is the name of a specialization area, which may be considered a title! What do you think? I think it should be capitalized in this case. Do you agree?
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I think the important thing is consistency as there's nothing worse than a jumble of different styles being employed Emotion: smile
In this ca
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When I read the word 'scholar' here, it suggests to me that you are still studying for your PhD. Are you?
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meteorquakeI think the important thing is consistency as there's nothing worse than a jumble of different styles being employed In this case to do honour to it as a specific area you could put Gum Disease. However it looks peculiar following 'A Berkley PhD scholar in dentistry' as the latter really needs a person's actual name - maybe that's what you of course intend to p
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CliveWhen I read the word 'scholar' here, it suggests to me that you are still studying for your PhD. Are you?
Thanks for joining, Clive.

Yes, I am.
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A Berkley PhD scholar in dentistry - Gum disease or 'periodontics or Periodontics'
Should it be capital or not?

If it's an established section of something, by all means capitalise it - if so, Gum Disease. I imagine this is part of a table of names and skills/departments.
If you start mixing in other things then it ceases to be a simple case. You need to establish wh
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What is the purpose of this text?
eg Is it for a business card? eg A resume?

Clive
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CliveWhat is the purpose of this text?eg Is it for a business card? eg A resume?Clive
It is for an Instagram account or Facebook. What do you think now?
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meteorquakeUsing '...or...' suggests an alternative simpler explanation follows, but anyone who knows what periodontics means will know what gum disease is... so you'll need to outline what meanings/purposes you are attaching to the two phrases "gum disease" and "periodontics"...d
Thank you for your explanation. Sorry for the confusion. I used “periodontics” a
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