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Anonymous

#577075 Thu, 16 Oct 08 09:31 PM

Hello,
if beginning a sentence with only the last name of someone such as Leonardo da Vinci, Leonardo di Caprio, Lope de Vega, et c., do you maintain the first part of the name in lower case:

da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.
or
Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.

Thanks

Anonymous

Goodman

#577086 Thu, 16 Oct 08 10:35 PM

Rules of capitalization:

Titles (movies, books, businesses) i.e. IBM, Google, Yahoo and etc.

First word in a sentence

Oneself as a subject in a sentence, i.e. Your idea is good which I will consider.

Proper names – i.e. New York, Untied States of America. Mr. Lee, McDonalds etc.

Goodman

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The name says it all!

Yoong Liat

#577333 Fri, 17 Oct 08 06:24 PM

Goodman
McDonalds

McDonald's

Yoong Liat

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Yoong Liat

Clive

#577359 Fri, 17 Oct 08 08:13 PM

Hi,
I think reasonably literate native speakers/writers would tend to avoid the problem by wording it differently,
eg The Mona Lisa was painted by da Vinci.

Best wishes, Clive

Clive

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Canada

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