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Which one is right?
In the Engineering department, you can study: Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering...
In the Engineering department, you can study: civil engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering...
In the Engineering department, you can study: Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering...
In the Engineering department, you can study: civil engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering...
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(Original post by Mesopotamian.)
I wouldn’t capitalise any of those words except the first word of the sentence.
I wouldn’t capitalise any of those words except the first word of the sentence.
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(Original post by KimmyKim96)
So you'd only capitalise 'in'?
So you'd only capitalise 'in'?
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#7
(Original post by Zain_Ahmed)
Yes, From my limited knowledge they aren't nouns so don't need to be capitalised.
Yes, From my limited knowledge they aren't nouns so don't need to be capitalised.
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#8
I'd say they do need capitalising cos they're all names of subjects aren't they? Pretty sure names need capitals....
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(Original post by spectrum84)
I'd say they do need capitalising cos they're all names of subjects aren't they? Pretty sure names need capitals....
I'd say they do need capitalising cos they're all names of subjects aren't they? Pretty sure names need capitals....
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(Original post by KimmyKim96)
This is the exact reason why i thought to capitalise them. But everyone else thinks otherwise... i'm still not sure
This is the exact reason why i thought to capitalise them. But everyone else thinks otherwise... i'm still not sure
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#11
I'd capitalise them, because subject names usually are capitalised: English Language, Further Maths, Triple Science (from what I have seen anyway)
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#12
In general, the names of specific courses or modules should have capitals. If they aren't the names of courses or modules, they don't take capitals.
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#13
(Original post by ageshallnot)
So what are they if not nouns???
So what are they if not nouns???
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#14
(Original post by Zain_Ahmed)
Nouns are capitalised. I'm saying that these aren't nouns so they don't need to be capitalised.
Nouns are capitalised. I'm saying that these aren't nouns so they don't need to be capitalised.
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(Original post by Theloniouss)
Only some nouns take capital letters, and those words are most definitely nouns.
Only some nouns take capital letters, and those words are most definitely nouns.
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#16
If you are using them as proper nouns they should all be capitalised.
For instance if you were to say
The Department of Engineering (if that is its name) then you would capitalise.
As someone said further up if these were the names of courses you would capitalise (Chemical Engineering BSc etc) but as they are just sub topics of engineering then they wouldn’t be capitalised.
For subjects if you were saying you were taking
A-level Chemistry-you would capitalise as it’s the name of the course. If you just said you were studying chemistry then you wouldn’t capitalise as it isn’t a proper noun.
For instance if you were to say
The Department of Engineering (if that is its name) then you would capitalise.
As someone said further up if these were the names of courses you would capitalise (Chemical Engineering BSc etc) but as they are just sub topics of engineering then they wouldn’t be capitalised.
For subjects if you were saying you were taking
A-level Chemistry-you would capitalise as it’s the name of the course. If you just said you were studying chemistry then you wouldn’t capitalise as it isn’t a proper noun.
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(Original post by KimmyKim96)
Which one is right?
In the Engineering department, you can study: Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering...
In the Engineering department, you can study: civil engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering...
Which one is right?
In the Engineering department, you can study: Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering...
In the Engineering department, you can study: civil engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering...
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#18
Subject names don’t need capitalising unless it’s something like English/French/Spanish/Latin, I believe. I admit that I struggle not to as it looks wrong, but unless the style model tells you otherwise you don’t capitalise it (credit to my boyfriend for trying to educate me about this or I’d be clueless).
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#19
I capitalise both course and department titles, but that's because I work in admissions and it's important to be clear whether I'm referring to a specific programme/faculty or the subject at large.
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