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Linguistics / English Grammar spelling | | English term or phrase: President/governor | Hi everybofy,
Now, my question is spelling: Do I always have to spell government position (President, Governor; Mayor) with capital letters?
Thanks a lot for being always there! |
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| | capitalization varies according to the context | Explanation:
If used generically, even within the government, the different positions are lower case, that is, not capitalized; however, when combined with a specifically named governor or president, etc., then they are capitalized.
Mike
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My pleasure |
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 Michael Powers (PhD)
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| Grading comment Great Mike, thanks very much
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2 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +7 | president/governor capitalization varies according to the context
Explanation:
If used generically, even within the government, the different positions are lower case, that is, not capitalized; however, when combined with a specifically named governor or president, etc., then they are capitalized.
Mike
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Note added at 6 days (2011-08-02 12:07:09 GMT) Post-grading
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My pleasure
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