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When referring to a care home in a letter of correspondence, should it be capitalised? i.e. 'Care Home'? or not as in 'care home'?Thankssteve

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[nq:1]When referring to a care home in a letter of correspondence, should it be capitalised? i.e. 'Care Home'? or not as in 'care home'?[/nq]
Only if it is used as part of its name, assuming we are talking about English, not German.

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[nq:1]When referring to a care home in a letter of correspondence, should it be capitalised? i.e. 'Care Home'? or not as in 'care home'?[/nq]
Only when part of the name, e.g.
"Which care home is your mother in?"
"The Silver Birches Care Home."
Cheers
Tony

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[nq:2]When referring to a care home in a letter of correspondence, should it be capitalised? i.e. 'Care Home'? or not as in 'care home'?[/nq]
[nq:1]Only when part of the name, e.g. "Which care home is your mother in?" "The Silver Birches Care Home." Cheers Tony[/nq]
thanks. Im having a bit of a disagreement with my other half about what should be capitalised and what should not be. Ie she says that if you refer to a manager in a business, then the word manager should also be capitalised. Where can i find guidance...on the WWW?

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steve

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At 23:00:30 on Wed, 28 Sep 2005, r.p.mcmurphy
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[nq:1]thanks. Im having a bit of a disagreement with my other half about what should be capitalised and what should ... a manager in a business, then the word manager should also be capitalised. Where can i find guidance...on the WWW?[/nq]
I can't advise on a web site specialising in capitalisation, I'm afraid - try a Google search.
However, your initial "thanks" should have been "Thanks", and I strongly disagree that "manager" should be capitalised unless it's part of a particular job title (e.g. "Finance Manager" or "Advertising Manager"). Certainly not in a case where it is a general terms such as "line manager".
If you will forgive my saying so, it's really more important that you check up on the rules of punctuation.
"Im" -> I'm
"Ie" -> I.e. (only capitalised when starting a sentence, otherwise i.e. - and it's not generally good grammar in English to start a sentence with "I.e." anyway)
"Where can i find guidance" -> Where can I find guidance

Are you of German extraction? I ask because it's typical in German to capitalise all nouns, while not capitalising the first person singular the way we do in English - and German tends not to use apostrophes to indicate missing letters (or possessive) in the way that English does.
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[nq:1]Are you of German extraction?[/nq]
His name is McMurphy...
...OK so it would be still possible, just.

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[nq:2]thanks. Im having a bit of a disagreement with my ... also be capitalised. Where can i find guidance...on the WWW?[/nq]
[nq:1]I can't advise on a web site specialising in capitalisation, I'm afraid - try a Google search. However, your initial ... "Finance Manager" or "Advertising Manager"). Certainly not in a case where it is a general terms such as "line manager".[/nq]
ooo, thanks!
[nq:1]If you will forgive my saying so, it's really more important that you check up on the rules of punctuation. "Im" -> I'm[/nq]
I'm dyslexic, and to save time, I often rely on the spell checker to sort out capitalistions and spelling errors for me.
[nq:1]"Ie" -> I.e. (only capitalised when starting a sentence, otherwise i.e. - and it's not generally good grammar in English to start a sentence with "I.e." anyway)[/nq]
that was the spell checkers fault! it automaticaly capitalised it for me.
[nq:1]"Where can i find guidance" -> Where can I find guidance Are you of German extraction?[/nq]
No, but strangly enough, my other half is!
I ask because it's typical in German to
[nq:1]capitalise all nouns, while not capitalising the first person singular the way we do in English - and German tends not to use apostrophes to indicate missing letters (or possessive) in the way that English does.[/nq]
steve

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[nq:2]Only when part of the name, e.g. "Which care home is your mother in?" "The Silver Birches Care Home." Cheers Tony[/nq]
[nq:1]thanks. Im having a bit of a disagreement with my other half about what should be capitalised and what should ... a manager in a business, then the word manager should also be capitalised. Where can i find guidance...on the WWW?[/nq]
I think the same case applies as for 'care home'. If 'manager' is a job title, and not merely a position in a company hierarchy, then it should be
capitalised, as in General Manager. But I appreciate the problem as I live in France where the rules are not at all the same and I am often called upon to translate things. I too do a bit of head scratching over this. Perhaps we should adopt the German system and capitalise all nouns, as was pretty much the case in the 18th century it seems to me (or generally anarchic at least)

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