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A couple of grammar questions?
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When you're saying something on tv, should you capitalise the TV??
Do you capitalise Mom and Dad, Grandad and Grandma, and Brother and Sister?
Do you capitalise Mom and Dad, Grandad and Grandma, and Brother and Sister?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I would say for the second, if you're using the terms as a sort of substitute name, then use capitals - eg Mom and Dad said that...
If using more generally - eg I am going to visit my mom and dad tomorrow, then I would not use capitals.
Not very well explained I'm afraid - but do other people agree?
If using more generally - eg I am going to visit my mom and dad tomorrow, then I would not use capitals.
Not very well explained I'm afraid - but do other people agree?
They could be used as titles (in the religious context) - Brother Patrick, Sister Joan etc.- and I think St Francis referred to Brother Sun and Sister Moon, but I don't think that's what LimpeyLionel meant.
Re the first question: I always use caps for TV, but I'm not sure whether there's any hard-and-fast rule about it.
Re the first question: I always use caps for TV, but I'm not sure whether there's any hard-and-fast rule about it.
Relations only require capitals when you're using their names. For example, the following correctly uses both a lower case 'm', and a capital one, for 'mum/Mum':
David smiled at his mum and said, "You do that I was only joking, don't you, Mum?"
The first use of 'mum' there isn't a name. It's simply short for 'mother'. (So no capital is required). But, the second time it occurs, it's used as the name by which David refers to his mother. (So a capital is needed).
TV should always be in capitals.
Chris
David smiled at his mum and said, "You do that I was only joking, don't you, Mum?"
The first use of 'mum' there isn't a name. It's simply short for 'mother'. (So no capital is required). But, the second time it occurs, it's used as the name by which David refers to his mother. (So a capital is needed).
TV should always be in capitals.
Chris
As TearingHair points out, 'Brother' and 'Sister' require capitals when they're used as titles (and hence part of someone's name).
So we write
"The TV programme about art history will be presented by Sister Wendy Beckett"
or
"The Chairman of the local Communist Party invited Brother Grimwade to address the AGM".
So we write
"The TV programme about art history will be presented by Sister Wendy Beckett"
or
"The Chairman of the local Communist Party invited Brother Grimwade to address the AGM".
The style guide used by the journalists of The Times newspaper prefers (indeed, demands!) 'Nato':
http://www.timesonlin...ide/article986732.ece
On the same page, you'll see that 'Nasa' is how Times writers are instructed to refer to that agency.
'TV' (with capitals) is accepted by The Times as a valid abbreviation:
http://www.timesonlin...ide/article986738.ece
http://www.timesonlin...ide/article986732.ece
On the same page, you'll see that 'Nasa' is how Times writers are instructed to refer to that agency.
'TV' (with capitals) is accepted by The Times as a valid abbreviation:
http://www.timesonlin...ide/article986738.ece
it's because a group of capital letters hit you in the eye a bit, making it slightly harder to read a sentence through.
The Guardian also requires Nato and Nasa
http://www.guardian.co.uk/styleguide/n
as do other medi groups. But you could go with NATO and NASA if you want, there's no law.
The Guardian also requires Nato and Nasa
http://www.guardian.co.uk/styleguide/n
as do other medi groups. But you could go with NATO and NASA if you want, there's no law.
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