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Using captital letters when referring to a group of individuals.

Hi everyone. I'm somewhat confused about using captital letters when referring to a group of individuals.

Say there is a company called the Merchant Guild and all of the members of that company are called guilders. I know the 'Merchant Guild' is capitalised but is 'guilders'? I know Merchant Guild is capitalised because it is a single named entity, but guilders doesn't refer to specific individual so I don't think it is capitalised, is this correct?

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Hi, I'm somewhat confused about using captital letters when referring to a group of individuals. Say there is a company called the Merchant Guild and all of the members of that company are called guilders. I know the 'Merchant Guild' is capitalised but is 'guilders'?

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  • Hi, I'm somewhat confused about using captital letters when referring to a group of individuals.
  • Say there is a company called the Merchant Guild and all of the members of that company are called guilders.
  • I know the 'Merchant Guild' is capitalised but is 'guilders'?
  • I know Merchant Guild is capitalised because it is a single named entity, but guilders doesn't refer to specific individual so I don't think it is capitalised, is this correct?
  • Sometimes, these things are rather idiomatic.
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Hi,

I'm somewhat confused about using captital letters when referring to a group of individuals.

Say there is a company called the Merchant Guild and all of the members of that company are called guilders. I know the 'Merchant Guild' is capitalised but is 'guilders'? I know Merchant Guild is capitalised because it is a single named entity, but guilders doesn
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