Thanks, Optilang. That means the BNC has given examples of old-fashioned usage of 'Sister' and 'Brother'.

If the word "the" is a proper part of the name then it should be capitalised ("The"), but in some cases it may be open to interpretation whether this is the case, so different people may use different capitalisation styles.

is rented/sold..." Let me explain. Suppose a billboard costs $1000 for month. If we have

Mr W. "Relationships like "mum", "son" and "neighbour" are (almost) never used as titles, so almost never need capitalising (except, obviously, if at the start of a sentence). "Father",

Hi, The way your composition is written, I will only say that the tone is very “stiff” and the flow is rough. Aslo some adverbial modifiers are awkwardly used, in my opinion. I.e. “so”, “so that”, “as”, etc…. So I made a few revisions to take

A day with the animals. (is the title correct for capital letter usage/)   The title should be capitalized as follows: A Day with the Animals (Note the words which are in lower case and a full stop is not needed.)

A day with the animals. (is the title correct for capital letter usage/) I was still lazing in my bed on a sunny Saturday morning when I heard my sister screaming with excitement. My father had offered to take us to visit the zoo. Immediately, I

Great, I was even called a dick. Thanks a lot. Don't take it too seriously. People in this newsgroup enjoy punning off each others messages. there's nothing personal in it. However at least one person noticed that I really use this tool to

And how about something like program/programme? Is the latter used exclusively or not? To me, a computer program is something I run on a computer, and a computer programme is something I watch ... back in 1984, and he suggested there was actually

I am searching for books that explain every known grammatical, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization rule in unabridged detail. So are we all. Next the Holy Grail. I would like to find them for American English and British English. I would