When referring to an entity like a government body, should it be capitalized if referring to is by classification(?). E.g., if I write: The City of New York requires us to get a building permit.

Oct 24, 2014 · capitals jobs all lc, eg prime minister, US secretary of state, chief rabbi, editor of the Guardian. titles cap up titles, but not job description, eg President Barack Obama (but the US …

Why doesn't the convention of capitalizing proper nouns apply to Secretary of State, Attorney General, FBI Director, etc? In American news these days, the names State Department and Secretary of S...

Dec 12, 2012 · When someone states "I have a Masters in Computer Science" should the word masters have a capital M? I've seen arguments for both and can't determine which is correct.

Use all capitals if an abbreviation is pronounced as the individual letters: BBC, VAT, etc; if it is an acronym (pronounced as a word) spell out with initial capital, eg Nasa, Nato, unless it can be …

Mar 23, 2015 · I'm a programmer and I often see the abbreviation ID (capitalized) in technical documents and code. Is this correct, or should it be id?

Mar 27, 2011 · When using the word 'department' (or 'group', 'committee', and the like) as part of a recognized name it would be capitalized: Bill recently joined the Advertising Department. If using …

Dec 20, 2016 · The Church as a body is capitalised as shown in this British Library article. I'd extend this to local bodies as well as the Church Universal. This is the same usage as say 'Parliament' for the …

Apr 29, 2015 · The 'Home Counties' is the collective name given to the six counties which border London, but I am always at a loss as to whether to apply capitals.I think I will compose a question on …

Equally Zeitgeist, and Blitzkrieg are also given capitals, but interestingly not kindergarten or bratwurst. Of course, in German all nouns are given capital letters, not just proper nouns as in English. What is …