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Amethyst Leigh Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

World War I or First World War

In case I am writing a formal text, should I be using

"during World War I" or
"during the First World War" (First with capital F or lower lettercase f) ?

Or is it all the same?
  

Top answer

As far as register is concerned, there's no difference. "First" should be capitalized because it's technically a part of the name.

— Ivanhr

  • As far as register is concerned, there's no difference.
  • "First" should be capitalized because it's technically a part of the name.
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As far as register is concerned, there's no difference. "First" should be capitalized because it's technically a part of the name.
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True, thank you for that. Somehow it didn't occur to me no matter how obvious it was.
Ivanhrtechnically a part of the name.
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