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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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High or high school

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00Are just the names of high schools captitalzed or the whole names are capitalized when being mentioned? 02br
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01i00I go to West High School. Or I go to West High school.02i02br
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01i00Rachel has worked for 30 yeares at the Middle School. or Rachel has worked for 30 years at the middle school.02i0-
  

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02i 02br 01i 00Middle school02i 00 is a common noun, and is not capitalized: 01i 00She teaches in a middle school02i 00. 0-

— Mister Micawber

  • 02i 02br 01i 00Middle school02i 00 is a common noun, and is not capitalized: 01i 00She teaches in a middle school02i 00.
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1i00West High School02i00 is its name, a proper noun, and it is capitalized: 01i00She teaches at West High School.02i02br
01i00Middle school02i00 is a common noun, and is not capitalized: 01i00She teaches in a middle school02i00. 01i00She teaches at the middle school on Main Street02i
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0Thank you, but I have seen so many incidences where they write like this:02br
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01i00"I go to 01u00West high school02u00." Not "I go to 01u00West High School02u00."02i02br
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00Is the first sentence incorrect? 0-
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0I would say it is incorrectly capitalized.0-
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0In terms of elementary schools, do you have to write, "00I go to West Elementary School00," all captalized because it is a proper name? 02br
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00How about the kindergarten school? Must you say, " I go to West Kindergarten."? 02br
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00Should I include 01i00school 02i00after the word "Kindergarten"? 0-
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