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Capitalization Rules
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temporary convenience, does not form a proper name and is therefore not capitalized. (See also rule 3.38.)
- abstract B
- act of 1928
- amendment 5
- apartment 2
- appendix C
- article I
- book II
- chapter III
- chart B
- class I
- collection 6
- column 2
- drawing 6
- exhibit D
- figure 7
- first district (not congressional)
- flight 007
- graph 8
- group 7
- history 301
- mile 7.5
- page 2
- paragraph 4
- part I
- phase 3
- plate IV
- region 3
- room A722
- rule 8
- schedule K
- section 3
- signature 4
- spring 1926
- station 27
- table 4
- title IV
- treaty of 1919
- volume X
- war of 1914
- ward 2
3.10.
The following terms are lowercased, even with a name or number
- aqueduct
- irrigation project
- shipway
- breakwater
- jetty
- slip
- buoy
- levee
- spillway
- chute
- lock
- turnpike
- dike
- pier
- watershed
- dock
- reclamation project
- weir
- drydock
- ship canal
- wharf
Definite article in proper place names
3.11.
To achieve greater distinction or to adhere to the authorized form, the word the (or its equivalent in a foreign language) is capitalized when used as a part of an official name or title. When such name or title is used adjectively, the is not capitalized, nor is the supplied at any time when not in copy.
- British Consul v. The Mermaid (title of legal case)
- The Dalles (OR); The Weirs (NH); but the Dalles region; the Weirs streets
- The Hague; but the Hague Court; the Second Hague Conference
- El Salvador; Las Cruces; L'Esterel
- The National Mall; The Mall (Washington, DC only)
- The Gambia but the Congo, the Sudan, the Netherlands
