When you write about or to a governmental agency, do you wonder when to capitalize? Here are some simple rules to help you.<\/p>\n
Rule: <\/strong>When you use the complete names of departments, capitalize. You may also capitalize a shortened form of a department. Do not capitalize when these words are used as adjectives or generically.<\/p>\n Examples: Rule:<\/strong> Capitalize civil titles only when used with the name following or when addressing someone directly.<\/p>\n Examples: <\/strong> Rule:<\/strong> If you are working on government documents or you are representing a government agency, then you may capitalize words like City, County<\/em>, and District <\/em>when they stand alone.<\/p>\n Example:<\/strong> The County will implement the plan approved by the voters last June.<\/em><\/p>\n Rule:<\/strong> When you refer back to a proper noun using a shortened version of the original name, you may capitalize it.<\/p>\n Examples:<\/strong> However, if you are not working on government documents or are not representing a government agency, do not capitalize generic or shortened terms.<\/p>\n Examples:<\/strong> When you write about or to a governmental agency, do you wonder when to capitalize? Here are some simple rules to help you. Rule: When you use the complete names of departments, capitalize. You may also capitalize a shortened form of a department. Do not capitalize when these words are used as adjectives or generically. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-capitalization"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>the United Nations General Assembly
\nthe General Assembly
\nCongress
\na congressional committee<\/p>\n
\nCouncilman James Harris<\/em>
\nthe councilman<\/em>
\nJames Harris, councilman<\/em>
\nHow are you voting, Councilman?<\/em>
\nPresident Biden<\/em>
\nthe president<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThe District Water Plan allocates \u2026 The Plan calls for \u2026<\/em>
\nThe Federal Bureau of Investigation has taken the case. The Bureau has sent out a bulletin to other federal departments to enlist their help in capturing the fugitive.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThe county will implement the plan \u2026<\/em>
\nThe plan calls for \u2026<\/em>
\nThe bureau has sent out a bulletin<\/em> \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"