In the States, the directional points are often used in addresses and are then capitalized. "North Elm Street" fits CB's comment about the specific reference.

No, unless the reference is to a specific geographical area, in which case a capital letter may be justified. CB

This is a tricky one. Most formal guidelines I've seen would indicate that you should not capitalize "southern" in this context because it it merely refers to part of state based on the point of a compass. Southern California is not

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Hi I would say that it can be both. But it depends on the reference. If it refers tot the third planet from the Sun, I would say, yes, it's a proper noun because it's the name that us humans gave to our own planet. If, however,

When can you use the word I without a capital letter ? If it is a reference to yourself, never . CJ

i've got to do something or i've got a sore throat... these are examples of bad grammar slipping into american slang. Sorry, Anon, but the expression "have got to do something" (meaning "must do something") is quite

Well, I can finally put this one to bed: In The Grammar Bible, which I love as a reference, it states that "the comma and the period go inside the closing quotation marks at all times. There are no exceptions to this rule" (Strumpf and

. Capitalization of animal species and varieties is a grey area, and no doubt you have already noticed that some aquarists do while others don't. I myself would use ' Blue Ram cichlids '. 'Blue Ram' is capitalized because it is

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