Yes, I know the rule that when it's used before a person's name as a title, it must be capitalized. Then the OALD is doing it in a bad way in some sentences above, right? Senior Member Boston, Massachusetts. Englishmypassion , it's hard to explain things in a sentence or two. These two sources explain things rather well; it is a little tricky, though. Last edited: Jul 21, As an aside, or an addition, at Stackexchange.
Thank you, ayuda and Paul. I will go through them. It is complex and tricky, that's why I have come to your door for help. Thanks for the links. The links provide interesting information, but no rule or solid conclusion, but they did help me draw my own conclusion that there is no rule governing the usage.
Unfortunately this is all more a matter of style than of "rules", but there are some glaring inconsistencies in those examples - the most obvious discrepancy being between 5 and 7. I would class president or prime minister as proper names and capitalize them where they referred clearly and obviously to the specific holder of the office as in 1 , 5 and 6. But then 2 and 3 should be treated the same assuming they both refer to one specific head of state.
Thank you very much for your specific answer. You have been really helpful. So I was right in calling it an inconsistency. Englishmypassion , are those examples you just made up, or are those examples from a grammar book?
If so, could you give what they put down as correct. Any quick justification would be good if that is possible. Aside from the requirement - and it is a requirement - that these titles be capitalized when they are used as a title in front of the name e. President Dwight D.
Eisenhower, Prime Minister Tony Abbott , all that really matters is that the capitalization is used consistently. This is why some sort of style guidelines are so necessary - so that you don't cap "President" in "he was sworn in as President" and lowercase it in "I met with the French president.
There are other equally valid guidelines established by other style guides. To be useful, a guideline needs to be clear and offer little room for interpretation because as soon as you ask the writer to figure out when a title is standing in for a name and when it's not, or when a title refers to a specific office holder and when it's being used generally, that's when you run into problems, and that's what's happened in these examples, I'd say.
So yes, there is a lot of inconsistency here. For example, I can discern no difference between how prime minister is being used in 5 and 7, so I cannot imagine why the writer thought it should be capped in one and not the other.
Capitalize My Title. Home Is Prime Minister Capitalized? The short answer is yes. Well, at least sometimes. For example: The prime minister is looking forward to meeting you. The prime minister lives at No. Boris Johnson, prime minister. Boris Johnson is the current prime minister for the UK. Capitalize My Title is a dynamic title capitalization tool used to make sure your titles or headlines use proper capitalization rules according to various style guides include APA, AP, MLA, and Chicago.
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Ministers are always capitalised.
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