AnswersDriveYou should capitalize “mom” and “dad” when they're being used as proper nouns. The words mom and dad (also grandma and grandpa, et al), should be capitalized when they are used as a proper noun, in place of their given name.
Is the word parents capitalized?
First of all, "proper noun" isn't one. It should not be capitalized. Note that we all agree that Dear Mom or Dear Dad are appropriate when we are using "Mom" or "Dad" as nicknames. If you're using "Parents" as a nickname to address your parents, I suppose you could make a case for it.
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Is Mom capitalized in my mom?
Capitalize Mom and Dad as a Proper Noun. When you're referring to a specific person, you may be using the proper noun form. In this case, you would capitalize the words "mom" and "dad."
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Do you capitalize grandmother?
The words aunt, uncle, grandma, grandpa, etc. are not capitalized unless they appear before the proper noun: Aunt Jane, Uncle Albert, Grandma Judy, Grandpa Joe. You may capitalize these relationship words when they replace the proper noun.
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Do you capitalize uncle?
Q: When a possessive pronoun like “my” is used with a title like “aunt” or “uncle,” is the title capitalized? Normally, a kinship word like “uncle” is capitalized if it appears just before a personal name, as in this version: “At 10, Uncle Bob will arrive by train.” But your example is different because of the “my.”
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Is Democratic capitalized?
Political Parties: Capitalize the name of a political party and the word "party." Use lower case for a general political philosophy. ex.: Democrat, Republican, German Social Democratic Party. Fred's parents were staunch Republicans; at their urging he joined the Party.
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Do you capitalize father in law?
Capitalize words such as Mother, Father, Grandmother, Grandfather, Son, Daughter, and Sis when they are used in place of the person's name. Do not capitalize them when they follow possessive pronouns such as my, your, his, her, our, or your.
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Is family supposed to be capitalized?
When terms denoting family relationships are used as proper nouns (as names), they are capitalized. However, when the terms are used as common nouns (not as names), they're not capitalized. It's easy to get confused about whether you should capitalize family names in your writing.
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Is father a proper noun?
However there are times when a word can be used as either a common noun or proper noun and you might get confused as to when you should use the capitalized form. For example, “father” can either be common or proper. One rule for thumb is that if you are using the word as a title and name it should be capitalized.
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Do you capitalize happy birthday?
Explanation: Words like birthday, anniversary, reunion and gala are lowercase. If you describe an event with a proper name (Lizzy's Surprise 30th Birthday Bash), then it's uppercase. Also, Happy Birthday is capitalized if you write, “Happy Birthday, Zack!”
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Do you have to capitalize cousin?
You do not need to capitalize the word grandma in the sentence "My grandma says hi" because it is being used to describe the person you are talking about, not as a replacement for her name. This is true for all kinship names, which are words like brother, sister, father, mom, grandma, cousin, and aunt.
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Is the word doctor capitalized?
Capitalize titles, like doctor, professor, and judge, when they refer to a specific person. Don't capitalize those words when they refer only to an occupation. He was sentenced to five months' probation by Judge Karen Wilcke.
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Do you capitalize?
Capitalization rule #2. Use capitals for proper nouns. In other words, capitalize the names of people, specific places, and things. The word "country" would not normally be capitalized, but we would have to write China with a capital "C" because it is the name of a specific country.
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Is Father capitalized for a priest?
The clergy below pope are, in descending order, cardinal, archbishop, bishop, monsignor, priest and deacon. Capitalize the title before a name. Do not routinely use father or pastor before a name, but capitalize this description before a name in a quote.
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Is great capitalized in great aunt?
If the word is being used as part of Betty's name, do you write "Great-aunt" or "Great-Aunt"? "Great-Aunt" would be preferred for a number of reasons. And finally, the general rule is that in a capitalized hyphenated compound word, both words are normally capitalized if they are of approximately equal significance.
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Is his a proper noun?
Nouns name people, places, and things. Every noun can further be classified as common or proper. A proper noun has two distinctive features: 1) it will name a specific [usually a one-of-a-kind] item, and 2) it will begin with a capital letter no matter where it occurs in a sentence.
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Is Father's Day capitalized?
Yes, Father's Day is capitalized when referring to the holiday. Reason #1: While Father's Day is not an official federal holiday, it is considered to be one of the most common celebrations, like Groundhog Day and April Fools' Day. That's why it is always capitalized.
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Is Papa a proper noun?
Likewise with Dad, Father, Papa, Grandpa, Grandma, Uncle, Aunt — and so on and so forth. That's because you're using it as a proper noun. When it is part of a title, you still use it: The new vicar's no Father Brown, that's for sure.
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Is the word Christmas capitalized?
As are religious seasons. (Not winter, spring, summer, and fall but seasons such as Advent and Lent.) Holidays such as Christmas, Thanksgiving (in the US), Halloween, New Year's Day, and Boxing Day (in the UK) are always capitalized. When the words day and eve are part of the holiday name, capitalize them as well.
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Is Mother's Day capitalized in a sentence?
It was also signed into legislature as an official holiday with the apostrophe before the 's'. You will never see a card in a Hallmark store writing the holiday name any other way. As for the capitalization questions, all are correct except the second one. "Happy" should not be capitalized before "Mother's Day".
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Why do we say mums the word?
"Mum's the word" means to keep silent or quiet. "Mum" is a Middle English word meaning "silent". The word may be derived from the "mummer" who does pantomime and just acts without saying anything.
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Where is the apostrophe in Mother's Day?
This article makes clear, though, that the original campaigner for creating Mother's day, Anna Jarvis, explicitly wanted an apostrophe, and she wanted it to be before the "s": it was to be a singular possessive, for each family to honour their mother, not a plural possessive commemorating all mothers in the world.