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 CAPITALIZATION

Capitalize— Proper nouns and adjectives derived from proper nouns; as, John, Germany, Victorian, French.


 * Words of common usage, originally proper names, and their derivatives, in whose present, generalized acceptation the origin has become obscured, and generally all verbs derived from proper names, are not capitalized; as, utopia, china, bohemian, philistine, titanic, platonic, quixotic, bonanza, morocco, vandal, procrustean, macadamize, christianize; also adjectives and verbs derived from proper names, and ending with ed, ify, ing, ize, etc., such as anglicized, frenchified, romanized, gallicized, etc.

Epithets used as substitutes for proper names, or affixed to names; as, the Pretender, Alexander the Great, Richard the Lion-hearted.

The preposition preceding proper names in foreign languages, such as van, von, de, d’, da, della, di; as, Van Rensselaer, Von Martius, De Thou, D’Orsay, Da Ponte, Della Crusca, Di Cesnola.


 * Do not capitalize these prepositions when they are preceded by a forename, except in the case of Van; as, Charles de Blé, Cardinal da Ponte, Marquis de Lafayette, M. de Thou, M. d’Orbigny, Señor de Ysnaga, etc. Note that Van is always capitalized in Dutch names, and that von is never capitalized in German names, following a forename, as Stephen Van Rensselaer, Hugo von Martius. The usage, however, varies with English and American family names having a foreign origin. For example, Thomas De Quincey, Henry van Dyke (author).

All official titles, civil and military, and all titles of nobility or honor, when preceding the name; as, King George, President Wilson, General Miles, Admiral Evans, Governor Foss, Secretary Bryan, Sir Edward Grey, the Earl of Derby, Bishop Brooks, Deacon Smith; the titles President, King, Emperor (Kaiser), Czar, Sultan, and Pope, when standing alone, if they refer to the present rulers or incumbents; distinctive titles attached by law or custom to certain offices or dignities, used without the name of the person,