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Guest Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
The World and the Public
when should a capital letter be used on world and public
e.g. world-wide the World ?
public minded the Public ?
e.g. world-wide the World ?
public minded the Public ?
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I'm not quite sure I understand your examples, Guest-- are those four different examples? ' But it is not required.
- I'm not quite sure I understand your examples, Guest-- are those four different examples?
- ' But it is not required.
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I'm not quite sure I understand your examples, Guest-- are those four different examples? One explanation is that the adjectives would be lower-case ('world-wide', 'public-minded') and the nouns could be capitalized if the words represent the entity personified, as an agent, etc:
'The World/world is aghast at the atrocities in Trepsyvanica.'
'The Public/public will not stand
'The World/world is aghast at the atrocities in Trepsyvanica.'
'The Public/public will not stand
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