Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
capitalization
Hello,
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:
da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.
or
Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.
Thanks
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:
da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.
or
Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.
Thanks
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Rules of capitalization:
Titles (movies, books, businesses) i.e. , Google, Yahoo and etc.
First word in a sentence
Oneself as a subject in a sentence, i.e. Your idea is good which I will consider.
Proper names – i.e. , of . Mr. Lee, McDonalds etc.
Titles (movies, books, businesses) i.e. , Google, Yahoo and etc.
First word in a sentence
Oneself as a subject in a sentence, i.e. Your idea is good which I will consider.
Proper names – i.e. , of . Mr. Lee, McDonalds etc.
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Hi,
I think reasonably literate native speakers/writers would tend to avoid the problem by wording it differently,
eg The Mona Lisa was painted by da Vinci.
Best wishes, Clive
I think reasonably literate native speakers/writers would tend to avoid the problem by wording it differently,
eg The Mona Lisa was painted by da Vinci.
Best wishes, Clive
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