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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

two easy questions

01. Sometimes I am not sure whether I have to put an apostrophe and 01i01b00s 02b02i00or just 01i01b00s02b00 02i00with no apostrophes.02br
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00eg. (This sentence is from one of the posts here.)02br
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00 It is OK to have two such 01u00at's02u00 in a sentence.02br
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00Why not, It is OK to have two such 01u00ats 02u00in a sentence?02br
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002. Are these sentences OK. I am seeing them a lot.02br
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00Do you remember 01u00the pastor Smith02u00 of LC Church in Pungching?02br
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00Do you remember 01u00Pastor Smith02u00 of LC Church in Pungching?02br
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00I think the second one is being used as a title, how about the first one? Would you say it is being used as a position?0-
  

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01-- I don't like either. 02br 02br 002-- The first is odd. 02br 02br 02i 00 0-

— Mister Micawber

  • 01-- I don't like either.
  • 02br 02br 002-- The first is odd.
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01-- I don't like either. I would italicize 01i01b00at02b00 02i00and produce01b01i00 at02i02b00s.02br
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002-- The first is odd. 01i00Do you remember the pastor, Jebediah Smith...?02br
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0I think the second one could write like this:02br
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00Do you remember Father Smith, the Pastor of LC Church in Pungching?02br
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00(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary: Pastor - a leader of a Christain group of church, especially one which is Protestant.)0-
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0Thank you.02br
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00In all due respect, I think the terms "father" and "pastor" cannot be used to refer to the same person in that that position and/or with that title. I think the term "Father" is used in Catholic churches and the term "Pastor" is being used in Christian churches.0-
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0My fault! haha! How about Brother! Hahaha! ^^02br
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I have three questions.

1. Can I not capitalize the underlined positional word "the Pastor" or that word when being used in a title MUST be capitalized?

Do you remember Pastor Smith, the Pastor of LC Church in Pungching.

Also, when I used the word "captalize" in this context, can I use it mean "just capitalizing the first letter of the word," not t
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1-- do not capitalize the pastor, any more than you would capitalize the doctor or the professor. Capitalize: 7a. To write or print in capital letters. b. To begin a word with a capital letter.

2-- Yes, your assumption is correct.

3--
I am a man.
I am Man.
He is a man.
He is Man.
The first and third suggest that he wears pants
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