OST164 Text Editing Applications

1. OST164 Text Editing Applications Section 3 – Capitalization Part II: Paragraphs 318-345

2. Family Titles ¶ 318 Capitalize words such as mother, father, aunt, and uncle when they stand alone or are followed by a personal name. Let me ask Mother and Dad whether… We’ll be glad to put up Aunt Peg and … I hear Brother Bobby has gone… Do you think Grandmother Harvey will…

3. Family Titles ¶319 • Do not capitalize family titles when they are preceded by possessives (such as my, your, his, her, and their) and simply describe a family relationship. Let me ask mymother and dad whether… Do you think yourbrother Bobby would… Joseph told hisuncle to come to…. • If the word aunt, uncle, or cousin form a unit when used together with a first name, capitalize these titles, even when they are preceded by a possessive. Frank wants us to meet his Uncle John. I hope you can meet my Cousin May.

4. Family Titles ¶319 • Family titles introduced by the prefix “grand” are written solid.grandmother grandson • Those introduced by the prefix “great” are hyphenated.great-grandmother great-granddaughter • Family titles that include terms like once removed require not special treatment. Phyllis and I are first cousins. Melonie is my first cousin twice removed.

5. Names of Organizations ¶320 • Capitalize the names of companies, unions, associations, societies, independent committees and boards, schools, political parties, clubs, religious bodies, and teams. Carteret Co. Board of Health Democratic party Future Business Leaders of America Baptists, Methodists Teachers’ Association Phi Kappa Beta Environmental Protection Agency the Carolina Panthers • Try to follow the style established by the organization itself, as shown in the letterhead. • Capitalize imaginative names used to refer to specific organizations. Big Blue (for IBM)Ma Bell (for AT&T)The Big Eight (large accounting companies)

6. Names of Organizations ¶322 • Common organizational terms such as advertising department, manufacturing division, finance committee, and board of directors are capitalized when they are the actual names of units. • The actual organizational name should be modified by the word “the” if it is to be capitalized.TheBoard of Directors will meet… Jane has been elected to theBoard of Directors… I work in theAdvertising Department at… • Do not capitalize these organizational names when they are modified by a word other than “the”. The efficiency of your accounting department…. I’ll send a copy to their research division…. I like working for our business department because… NOTE: The book says something a little different, but we will go with this rule.

7. Names of Government Bodies¶325-326 • Capitalize the names of countries and international organizations, as well as national, state, county, and city bodies and their subdivisions. the United Nations the Boston City Council the People’s Republic of China Wisconsin Court of Appeals the New York State Board of Education • Capitalize short forms of names of national and international bodies and their major divisions. the House (referring to the House of Representatives) the Department (example: to the Department of Justice) the Bureau (example: Federal Bureau of Investigation) the Commission (example: Federal Trade Commission)

8. Names of Government Bodies ¶327 • Common terms such as police department, board of education, county court house, need not be capitalized since they are terms of general classification. • However, capitalize these terms when they are specific: Carteret County Board of Education Morehead City Police Department Carteret County Court House

9. Names of Government Bodies ¶328-329 • Capitalize “federal” only when it is part of the official name of a federal agency, a federal act, or some other proper noun. the Federal Reserve Board the Federal Insurance Contributions Act • The terms “federal government” and “government” are now commonly written in lowercase because they are considered terms of general classification • However, in government documents, and other types of official documents, they are capitalized.

10. Names of Places ¶331-332 • Capitalize the names of places, such as streets, buildings, parks, mountains, rivers, oceans, and mountains. • Do not capitalize short forms used in place of the full name. street - Arendell Street falls - Niagara Falls the mall - Nicollet Mall • A few short terms are capitalized because of clear association with one place. the Coast (the West Coast) the Channel (English Channel) the Hill (Capitol Hill)

11. Names of Places ¶333 Capitalize imaginative names that designate specific places or areas. • Down East (coastal Maine) • the Lower East Side (Manhattan) • the Outer Banks (of North Carolina) • Tinseltown (Los Angeles) • the French Quarter (in New Orleans) • the South Lawn (of the White House) • the Big D (Dallas) • the Big Apple (New York) • SoHo (in New York) – Soho (in London) • Silicon Valley (high-tech industries in San Francisco) • Wall Street (the financial industry)

12. Names of Places ¶334-335 • Capitalize the word “city” only when it is part of the corporate name of the city or part of an imaginative name. • Kansas City • Morehead City • the Windy City (Chicago) • Capitalize “state” only when it follows the name of a state or is part of an imaginative name. • New York State • The state of Alaska • The States (meaning the United States) • Do not capitalize “state” when it is used in place of the actual state name. • He is an employee of the state. • He is moving to another state.

13. Names of Places ¶337 • Capitalize “the” only when it is part of the official name of the place. The Dalles v/s the Bronx • Capitalize the words “upper” and “lower” only when they are part of an actual place name or a well-established imaginative name.Upper Peninsula - Lower East Side • Capitalize the word “greater” when it precedes a city name, referring to the city plus the outlying suburbs. Greater Atlanta

14. Points of the Compass ¶338-339 • Capitalize north, south, east, west, and derivative words when they designate definite regions or are an integral part of a proper name. in the North the Far North down South the Deep South out West the South Side Eastern Seaboard the North Pole • Do not capitalize these words when they merely indicate direction or general location.south of France west side of town • Capitalize such words as Northerner, Southerner, and Midwesterner.

15. Points of Compass ¶340-341 • Capitalize such words as northern, southern, etc., when they refer to the people in a region or their political, social, or cultural activities. Southern hospitality - Western civilization • Do not capitalize these words when they merely indicate general location or refer to the geography or climate of the region. southern temperatures - westerly winds • When words like northern, southern, etc., precede a place name, they are ordinarily not capitalized; however, they are capitalized if they are actually a part of the place name. northern New Jersey – Northern Ireland

16. Days, Months, Holidays, Religious Days, and Seasons ¶342-343 • Capitalize the names of days, months, holidays, and religious days. Tuesday New Year’s Eve the Fourth of July Election Day Good Friday • Do not capitalize the names of the seasons unless they are personified. Note: Some companies sometimes capitalize the names of seasons in promotional materials.

17. Historical Events ¶344 – a and b • Capitalize the names of historical events and imaginative names given to historical periods. the Renaissance the Great Depression the Industrial Revolution • Capitalize references to cultural ages the Bronze Age – the Dark Ages • Contemporary references are not usually capitalized unless they appear together with a capitalized reference. the space age – the atomic age – the digital age

18. Historical Events ¶344 and 345 • References to cultural eras are usually capitalized, but references to cultural periods are usually not. the Common Era the romantic period the Victorian Era the colonial period • Capitalize the names of sporting events. the Super Bowl the Masters the U.S. Open the World Series (or Series) the Kentucky Derby (or Derby) • Do not capitalize the names of decades and centuries. During the fifties… In the nineteen-nineties… The twenty-first century… During the nineteen hundreds..