Capitalisation
soup
When writing someone of somewhere should the "street" be capitalised
i.e. "a of b street" or "a of b Street".
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Robert Lieblich
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> When writing someone of somewhere should the "street" be capitalised
> i.e. "a of b street" or "a of b Street".
Capitalize both the name of the street and the word "street": "John
Doe of Washington Street." This holds if the name of the street is
a single letter or a number: "B Street"; "First Street." If you use
a numeral, the letter following is not capitalized: "12th Street"
(sometimes seen as "12 Street").
I believe this rule to hold true in all countries where the primary
native language is English. I am reporting from the US.
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Liebs
meirman
<1...@slartibartfarst.com> posted:
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>When writing someone of somewhere should the "street" be capitalised
>i.e. "a of b street" or "a of b Street".
Street, avenue, road, lane, boulevard, etc. are all capitalized when a
specific one is named. The "of" has nothing to do with it.
Check out Atlantic Avenue, Empire Boulevard, Eastern Parkway, the Dan
Ryan Expressway, Hooks Lane, Spring Mill Road, 38th Street, Fifth
Avenue, the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, Columbus Circle, the West
Side Highway, Lake Shore Drive, etc.
However you are right to be wary. There is a growing tendency among
English speakers (I hesitate to call them writers) to capitalize words
for no apparent reason. Yesterday I read some post on the web in
which the person kept capitalizing "euthanasia", not the Euthanasia
Society, if there is such a thing, but the word whereever he used it.
This was especially surprising since he disapproved of euthanasia but
seemed to be honoring it.
Others capitalize nouns that can be used as a title (Corporal Klinger)
even when they are only referring to the "generic" person. "There are
3 corporals in our barracks." In this sentence, corporal should not
be capitalized. Only when a specific one is named, or when reporting
words used to address someone by his title, should the word be
capitalized. "Hello, Corporal." The name is not required because the
speaker is addressing a specific person.
Specificity is the key.
s/ meirman If you are emailing me please
say if you are posting the same response.
Born west of Pittsburgh Pa. 10 years
Indianapolis, 7 years
Chicago, 6 years
Brooklyn NY 12 years
now in Baltimore 20 years
Odysseus
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> When writing someone of somewhere should the "street" be capitalised
> i.e. "a of b street" or "a of b Street".
It's usual to capitalize all the words in the names of roads and
districts: "Downing Street", "Sussex Drive", "Fifth Avenue", "the
Latin Quarter", "the West End", &c. You'll sometimes see the form "A
of B-street" in writing of a century ago or older, but "A of/from B
Street" is now the standard.
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Odysseus