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Capitalization Examples


 * Route 66, State Route 9 (highways)
 * rule 21; rule XXI; but Rule 21, when part of title: Rule 21: Renewal of Motion
 * Rules:
 * of the House of Representatives; but rules of the House; House rule X
 * Standing Rules of the Senate (publication); but rules of the Senate
 * also Commission rules


 * Sabbath; Sabbath Day
 * savings bond (see bond)
 * schedule 2, A, II, etc.; but Schedule 2, when part of title; Schedule 2: Open and Prepay Stations
 * School, if part of name; the school:
 * any school of U.S. Armed Forces
 * Hayes
 * Pawnee Indian
 * Public School 13; PS. 13
 * school district (see District)
 * Scriptures; Holy Scriptures (the Bible)
 * Seabees (see Navy)
 * seaboard, Atlantic, eastern, etc.
 * seasons:
 * autumn (fall)
 * spring
 * summer
 * winter
 * seaway (see geographic terms; Authority; Corporation)
 * Second World War (see War)
 * Secretariat (see United Nations)
 * Secretaries of the Army and the Navy; but Secretaries of the military departments; secretaryship
 * Secretary, head of national governmental unit:
 * of Defense; of State; etc.; the Secretary
 * of State for Foreign Affairs (British); for the Commonwealth, etc.; the Secretary
 * of the Smithsonian Institution; the Secretary
 * also the Assistant Secretary; the Executive Secretary
 * Secretary General; the Secretary General:
 * Organization of American States
 * United Nations
 * section 2, A, II, etc.; but Section 2, when part of title: Section 2: Test Construction Theory
 * Selective Service (see Service; System)
 * Senate (U.S.), titles of officers standing alone capitalized:
 * Chaplain
 * Chief Clerk
 * Doorkeeper
 * Official Reporter(s)
 * Parliamentarian
 * Postmaster
 * President of the
 * President pro tempore
 * Presiding Officer
 * Secretary
 * Sergeant at Arms
 * Senate, Ohio (State); the senate
 * Senator (U.S. Congress); but lowercased if referring to a State senator, unless preceding a name
 * senatorial
 * Sergeant at Arms (U.S. Senate or House)
 * Sermon on the Mount
 * server
 * Service, if referring to Federal unit; the Service:
 * Extension
 * Federal Mediation and Conciliation
 * Fish and Wildlife
 * Foreign (see Foreign Service)
 * Forest
 * Internal Revenue
 * Internal Revenue