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| Washington the state. My next sentence, however, used capitals in this way: “the City of Olympia.” I did...about the official powers of the city or state (the authorities who can sign contracts and pass laws...and equipment. The new school is not technically located within the Village of Victor. The state of... |
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| constantly states the adverbs before the main verbs in the sentence. When I correct this in the transcript...doctor does not sound illiterate. The teacher states that the following is incorrect: It has actually... |
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| United States) but that there is an exception with the title of Speaker. There is debate in my office...over the titles of archivist of the United States, Smithsonian secretary, and librarian of Congress. If... |
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| the way to write United States. However, I was always told that very few abbreviations are to be...used in formal writing, and the abbreviation U.S. should never be used in replacement of United States ... |
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| artist’s exhibitions at the end. In general, to save on space, I do not specify the state or country...thinking, which is why we recommend the use of editorial judgment in this matter. The idea that all states ... |
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| -names that include city and state (he came from Smith’s Falls, Virginia, to drive the car), but it...seems to me that the internal comma serves to separate the town name from the state name, and not to... |
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| with the following sentence from a state unemployment application? My boss thinks “which” is incorrect... |
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| without that person’s name? A. Just as you’d refer in Chicago style to a president of the United States or...“transportation,” “state,” and other such terms) becomes a proper noun when it refers to the administrative... |
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| ? Wikipedia states, “The term ‘irregardless’ has begun to move towards acceptance because incorrect words or... |
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| capitalize regions in the United States such as the Northwest, East Coast, etc. What do I do when...attempting to indicate specific regions in a particular county of a state? Do I write the North Central... |
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