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capitalizing part of proper name
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Believer  #475222  Sun, 10 Feb 08 01:55 PM
Hi,

Please tell me when I should capitalize the part of a proper name and when I should not and just resort to a generic name reference (if that is the term I can use for this).

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Clive  #475250  Sun, 10 Feb 08 02:46 PM
Hi,
You can do it either way. However, I would say that such a word is often not capitalized if it is a word that is in common use, eg centre, museum, gallery.
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