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I'm proof reading an annual report for a company. There doesn't seem to be any consistency regarding the capitalisation of words such as

the c/Company's s/Statutes
the Organisational Rules of the c/Company
according to the s/Statutes
the c/Committee convenes 4 times a year

any view on this? is it merely a question of consistency? or should these expressions be capitalised in annual reports?

Thanks for all help.

Robboe

Rommie · Accepted Answer

consistency Rules!

In titles, it's really up to you. In the text itself, one should avoid needless capitalization.

However, be aware that sometime capitalization is used to imply a specific instance of something - for example, one might say "the Rules" to mean a specific set of rules, as opposed to "the rules" which just has the ordinary dictionary meaning. I saw this used to good effect in a sci-fi novel I read recently, in which the lunar day was referred to as a "Day" to distinguish it from a "day".

But consistency matters very much. It's the one thing that people will Notice If you get It Wrong.

Rommie

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