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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Mistress or mistress?

If I write "mistress" in the middle of a sentence, do I capitalize the "M"?

(Mistress referring to a woman having an extramarital sexual relationship, especially with a married man)
  

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No, the word "mistress" does not need to be capitalized.

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  • No, the word "mistress" does not need to be capitalized.
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No, the word "mistress" does not need to be capitalized.
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No, there's no need to capitalize mistress in that sense.
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Not only is there no need for an initial capital, but an initial capital would be wrong.
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