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Thanks for your comment Rigoberto Bronk, have a nice day.
- Elisabeth Askari, Staff Member
welcome today we're going to take a look at another capitalization rule and this one is for titles that are preceding names so that's a title that goes before a name so in this anytime that you write a title before a person's name or a character's name you're going to capitalize it if you have a title that follows a name so it goes after the name you do not capitalize that let's take a look at some examples that we can make sense of this she worked for Commissioner singer Minh before moving on to work for governor polis so these titles here commissioner and governor because they come before the name we do capitalize another example do you think we could stop by congressman Bennett's office to drop off a letter so congressman is the title so we're capitalizing that next example I didn't see the interview with the senator we're not capitalizing senator here because it's not used in this way of proceeding the name and then our last example on this page did you hear the speech by senator Martinez we are capitalizing senator here because it's the title for senator Martinez let's take a look at another example Queen Elizabeth the first has been on the throne longer than any previous English monarch so he capitalized Queen because that's her title even though her name is Elizabeth but we capitalized Queen because that's part of her title next example when you went to Buckingham Palace did you see the Queen or Prince so here we're capitalizing the place the location of Buckingham Palace because it's a place related to a different rule but we're not capitalizing Queen and Prince because those words are used more generally they're not used as part of this title next example President Obama was president for eight years now here we've got the word president used twice in one sentence the first time it's used as a title for Obama it says who he was what's his title the next time that it's used the second time that it's used in the sentence President Obama was present for eight years it's used as not as his title so we don't capitalize and our final example I wonder if the president and prints ever met so we're not capitalizing either of those titles president or prints because they're not used to precede the name so they don't reference to this rule so we don't capitalize so on this one anytime that that title precedes the name so it comes before the name then you do capitalize if the title comes after the name or is unrelated to the name it's unconnected to the name in the sentence you don't capitalize in those situations hope that makes sense hope that helps and good luck with your writing
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- Elisabeth Askari
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I've studied discourse analysis at Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo and I am an expert in food policy. I usually feel peaceful. My previous job was compensation administrator I held this position for 18 years, I love talking about drama and macram+. Huge fan of Maroon 5 I practice wakeboarding and collect insert cards.
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