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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Capitalization of...
I am writing a story in which two characters are never given names. These two characters are simply referred to as Mama and Father. If these titles are not preceded by a proper noun such as my or her, should Mama and/or Father be capitalized?
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My and her are possessive adjectives, not proper nouns. Generally would would say "my mama, my father" with no capitalization. In the case of your story, I think they should be capitalized, especially if that's how the characters refer to each other.
- My and her are possessive adjectives, not proper nouns.
- Generally would would say "my mama, my father" with no capitalization.
- In the case of your story, I think they should be capitalized, especially if that's how the characters refer to each other.
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My and her are possessive adjectives, not proper nouns. Generally would would say "my mama, my father" with no capitalization. In the case of your story, I think they should be capitalized, especially if that's how the characters refer to each other.
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