Hi. Let us pretend there is a restaurant named "The John Doe's," with the word/article "The" in front of it. I think, eventhough I could be mistaken, that the names such as this has the word/article in small letters if written in sentences (as part of sentences) like this:
She met him at the John Doe's yesterday.
I also think you could write the first letter of the word/article in the sentence above in a capital letter like this (I think this is correct, too):
She met him at The John Doe's yesterday.
It also seems that I think we should put the letter "t" in a capital letter for the word/article "The" in the name "The John Doe's" if we are to put that name under the picture of that restaurant that was to be put on a cork board, to be used as a display.
Also could you answer these three questions?
1. Could we write "She met him at "She met him at John Doe's Restaurant" if the name "John Doe's Restaurant" is in a sentence? (Note that the name is supposed to be "John Doe's Restaurant" with the letters "J" and "R" in capital letters.)
2. Could we write "She met him at a John Doe's restraurant" if the restaurant "John Doe's" (without the article "The", as in the previous case, top above) is a chain restaurant.
3. If the name of the famous museum, "The J. Paul Getty Museum", is to be included in a sentence, would you write "She met him at The J. Paul Getty Museum" or "She met him at the J. Paul Getty Museum"?
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A restaurant would not be named "The John Doe's" in English. It would be either " The John Doe " or " John Doe's ". Please re-submit your questions using one of those two names.
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A restaurant would not be named "The John Doe's" in English. It would be either "The John Doe" or "John Doe's". Please re-submit your questions using one of those two names.