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When do you capitalize and when not?

Hi,

Please tell me when you would capitalize the word "western" and when not. I think they are adjectives.

Western??

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Believer Hi, Please tell me when you would capitalize the word "western" and when not. I think they are adjectives. Western??

— Goodman

  • Believer Hi, Please tell me when you would capitalize the word "western" and when not.
  • I think they are adjectives.
  • Western??
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BelieverHi,

Please tell me when you would capitalize the word "western" and when not. I think they are adjectives.

Western??

western??

When [western] is used as a proper name, i.e. Best Western (a hotel chain).





is located at the western part of the .
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Western is frequently capitalized when it refers to Western culture or politics:
He prefers Western clothes.

Cheers
CB
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Cool BreezeWestern is frequently capitalized when it refers to Western culture or politics:
He prefers Western clothes.

Cheers
CB
I am not so sure!
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Goodman
Cool BreezeWestern is frequently capitalized when it refers to Western culture or politics:
He prefers Western clothes.

Cheers
CB
I am not so sure!
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Go to a style book, such as Chicago Manual of Style online -- not a grammar/punctuation handbook. In other words, whether to capitalize or not depends on which conventions, or patterns of usage, one is using as an authority. There is no fixed authoritative answer to the question, and writers do refer to 'the west' and also to 'the West, ' depending on factors, such as local convention and the co
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What about Southern?

as in southern California? there are inconsistencies, so what is the norm?
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Do you capitalize Western Civilization in the following sentence: Latin provides the key to appreciating the richness of Western Civilization.

Mary Jane
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AnonymousWhat about Southern?

as in southern California? there are inconsistencies, so what is the norm?

There is no norm about that: southern / Southern California.
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AnonymousDo you capitalize Western Civilization in the following sentence: Latin provides the key to appreciating the richness of Western Civilization.
Mary Jane

Some do, some don't.

CB
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WHENEVER THE WORD WESTERN REFERS TO A GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION AND NOT A DIRECTION, IT SHOULD BE CAPITALIZED!!!
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