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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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When proper nouns are used as common nouns
Is there a preferred rule for capitalization in the following examples:
"The Empire State Building", and "The Empire State and Chrysler buildings".
"Napa Valley", and "The Napa and Santa Clara valleys".
My understanding is that "building" and "valley" are parts of the proper noun in the first examples, but are being used as common nouns in the second examples, and therefore don't need to be capitalized. Is there a rule or a preferred convention for this?
"The Empire State Building", and "The Empire State and Chrysler buildings".
"Napa Valley", and "The Napa and Santa Clara valleys".
My understanding is that "building" and "valley" are parts of the proper noun in the first examples, but are being used as common nouns in the second examples, and therefore don't need to be capitalized. Is there a rule or a preferred convention for this?
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Anonymous Is there a rule or a preferred convention for this? If the noun is part of the formal name of both entities, then I would capitalize it.
- Anonymous Is there a rule or a preferred convention for this?
- If the noun is part of the formal name of both entities, then I would capitalize it.
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Anonymous Is there a rule or a preferred convention for this?If the noun is part of the formal name of both entities, then I would capitalize it.
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