Plateau or plateau
I understand Tibetan Plateau needs capitalisation.
BUT, what about the word 'plateau' on its own used to refer to the Tibetan Plateau?
Example:
Tibetan Plateau-led explanation do not provide alternative explanations for carbon drawdown but instead provide alternatives for atmospheric circulatory changes sometimes attributed to the Plateau.
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anonymous BUT, what about the word 'plateau' on its own used to refer to the Tibetan Plateau? It's optional. I am inclined to capitalize it because it is short for "Tibetan Plateau", and if you make it lowercase, the reader has to decide which plateau, if only for a microsecond.
- anonymous BUT, what about the word 'plateau' on its own used to refer to the Tibetan Plateau?
- It's optional.
- I am inclined to capitalize it because it is short for "Tibetan Plateau", and if you make it lowercase, the reader has to decide which plateau, if only for a microsecond.
- Besides, you are not talking about a plateau, per se, as a landform but about the geographical entity in question.
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anonymousBUT, what about the word 'plateau' on its own used to refer to the Tibetan Plateau?
It's optional. I am inclined to capitalize it because it is short for "Tibetan Plateau", and if you make it lowercase, the reader has to decide which plateau, if only for a microsecond. Besides, you are not talking about a plateau, per se, as a landform but about th
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