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Capitalization Examples


 * Continent, only if following name; North American Continent; the continent; but the Continent (continental Europe)
 * Continental:
 * Army; the Army
 * Congress; the Congress
 * Divide (see Divide)
 * Outer Continental Shelf
 * Shelf; the shelf; a continental shelf
 * continental Europe, United States, etc.
 * Continentals (Revolutionary soldiers)
 * Convention, governmental (U.S.), international, or national political; the convention:
 * 89th National Convention of the American Legion
 * Constitutional (United States, 1787); the Convention
 * Democratic National; Democratic
 * Genocide (international)
 * on International Civil Aviation
 * Republican National; Republican
 * Universal Postal Union; Postal Union
 * also International Postal; Warsaw
 * copper age (see Ages)
 * Corporation, if part of name; the Corporation, if referring to unit of Federal Government:
 * Commodity Credit
 * Federal Deposit Insurance
 * National Railroad Passenger (Amtrak)
 * Rand Corp.; the corporation
 * St. Lawrence Seaway Development
 * Union Carbide Corp.; the corporation
 * Virgin Islands
 * Corps, if part of name; the corps, all other uses:
 * Adjutant General's
 * Army Reserve
 * Chemical
 * diplomatic
 * Finance
 * Foreign Service Officer (see Foreign Service)
 * Job
 * Judge Advocate General's
 * Marine (see Marine Corps)
 * Medical
 * Military Police
 * Nurse
 * of Cadets (West Point)
 * of Engineers; Army Engineers; the Engineers; but Army engineer; the corps
 * Ordnance
 * Peace; Peace Corpsman; the corpsman
 * Quartermaster
 * Reserve Officers' Training (ROTC)
 * VII Corps, etc.
 * Signal
 * Transportation
 * Youth
 * but diplomatic corps
 * corpsman; hospital corpsman
 * corridor, Northeast
 * Council, if part of name; capitalized standing alone if referring to Federal or international unit (see also United Nations):
 * Boston City; the council
 * Choctaw, etc.; the council
 * Her Majesty's Privy Council; the Privy Council; the Council
 * National Security; the Council
 * of Foreign Ministers (NATO); the Council
 * of the Organization of American States; the Council
 * Philadelphia City; the council
 * counsel; general counsel
 * County, Prince George's; county of Prince George's; County Kilkenny, etc.;