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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Is "the" here a part of its name?

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00I saw this sentence on (in?) a pamphlet and have been wondering why, as it seems to me, the name in bold letters does not correspond to the one (?) in a bracket and the subsequent mentionings02br
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01font01b00The Information Pool Center02b00 (IPC) provides reference services. The IPC maintains a collection of 4,500 volumes02font00. 02br
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0"The" is capitalized because it begins the sentence. You do not usually capitalize articles or prepositions: the United States of America > USA. 0-

— Pieanne

  • 0"The" is capitalized because it begins the sentence.
  • You do not usually capitalize articles or prepositions: the United States of America > USA.
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0"The" is capitalized because it begins the sentence. You do not usually capitalize articles or prepositions: the United States of America > USA. So the name of that organism is "the IPC".0-
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0Thank you, but I have encountered numerous cases where in a beginning of an article, they start off with a "the" in front of a public agency's name.02br
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001. The Internal Financial Service (IFS) has shaken up its personnel-makeup. The IFS is also considering other actions to revamp its public image. IFS seems to be doing
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