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Vincent Teo  #574793  Thu, 09 Oct 08 02:14 PM
Please take a look at the following two statements:

1. Mary saw her mother standing there.
2. Mary saw Mother standing there.

In composition writing, I believe students have to use a capital 'M' for a statement (2). Am I right? How do we explain this rule?

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Mister Micawber  #574813  Thu, 09 Oct 08 02:34 PM
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In any writing, a proper name should be capitalized.  In #2, the child's name for her mother is 'Mother'.
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