http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/Capitalization/gpwnz/post.htm#577359Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:13:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:577359Clive1http://www.englishforums.com/English/Capitalization/gpwnz/post.htm#577359http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-577359.xmlHi,<br />I think reasonably literate native speakers/writers would tend to avoid the problem by wording it differently, <br />eg The Mona Lisa was painted by da Vinci.<br /><br />Best wishes, Clive<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Capitalization/gpwln/post.htm#577333Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:24:03 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:577333Yoong Liat1http://www.englishforums.com/English/Capitalization/gpwln/post.htm#577333http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-577333.xml<p><BLOCKQUOTE><div><img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"> <strong>Goodman</strong></div><div> <strong>McDonalds</strong> </div></BLOCKQUOTE>McDonald&#39;s</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Capitalization/gphxv/post.htm#577086Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:35:29 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:577086Goodman2http://www.englishforums.com/English/Capitalization/gphxv/post.htm#577086http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-577086.xml<p><span style="COLOR:#111111;">Rules of capitalization:</span></p> <p><span style="COLOR:#111111;">Titles (movies, books, businesses) i.e. </span><span style="COLOR:#111111;">IBM</span><span style="COLOR:#111111;">, Google, Yahoo and etc.</span></p> <p><span style="COLOR:#111111;">First word in a sentence</span></p> <p><span style="COLOR:#111111;">Oneself as a subject in a sentence, i.e. Your idea is good which </span><span style="COLOR:fuchsia;">I</span><span style="COLOR:blue;"> </span><span style="COLOR:#111111;">will consider.</span></p> <p><span style="COLOR:#111111;">Proper names – i.e. </span><span style="COLOR:#111111;">New York</span><span style="COLOR:#111111;">, </span><span style="COLOR:#111111;">Untied</span><span style="COLOR:#111111;"> </span><span style="COLOR:#111111;">States</span><span style="COLOR:#111111;"> of </span><span style="COLOR:#111111;">America</span><span style="COLOR:#111111;">. Mr. Lee, McDonalds etc.</span></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Capitalization/gphnk/post.htmThu, 16 Oct 2008 20:31:54 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:577075Anonymous3http://www.englishforums.com/English/Capitalization/gphnk/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-577075.xmlHello,<br />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:<br /><br />da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.<br />or<br />Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.<br /><br />Thanks<div style="clear:both;"></div>