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Wikipedia avoids unnecessary capitalization.In English, capitalization is primarily needed for proper names, acronyms, and for the first letter of a sentence. [a] Wikipedia relies on sources to determine what is conventionally capitalized; only words and phrases that are consistently capitalized in a substantial majority of independent, reliable sources are capitalized in Wikipedia.
"State" should be capitalized when referring to the government of the state or the official name of the state, but otherwise not. -Rrius 18:55, 15 April 2010 (UTC) My question was intended to get a better idea of whether there is a need for the addition. I agree that "state" should not be capitalized in "state of _____".
the (capitalized) title (not necessarily the formal, official title) of an office (typically unique in a given context), such as President of the United States and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom – possibly including shortened versions such as "the Prime Minister" when referring to such a unique office
An indefinite or definite article is capitalized only when at the start of a title, subtitle, or embedded title or subtitle. For example, a book chapter titled "An Examination of The Americans: The Anachronisms in FX's Period Spy Drama" contains three capitalized leading articles (main title "An", embedded title "The", and subtitle "The").
But in the sentence excerpt "Ford was sworn in as the 38th president of the United States", president is not part of a title, but is a common name for the office. This is in fact analogous to "king of France" (which is the correct capitalization), for the title is "King", as in "King Louis XIV of France".
14.108 Translated title supplied by author or editor If an English translation of a title is needed, it follows the original title and is enclosed in brackets, without italics or quotation marks. It is capitalized sentence-style regardless of the bibliographic style followed. (In running text, parentheses are used instead of brackets; see 11.6.)
Market capitalization is a fundamental piece of information needed to make investment decisions, and gives a big-picture view of the value of a company. However, market cap can fluctuate greatly ...
The Michigan State Capitol is the building that houses the legislative branch of the government of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is in the portion of the state capital of Lansing which lies in Ingham County .