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Capitalization Examples
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Penal; Criminal; etc.
Pennsylvania State
Radio
Television
Uniform Code of Military Justice
United States
ZIP Code (copyrighted)
but civil code; flag code; Morse code
codel (congressional delegation)
collection, Brady, etc.; the collection
collector of customs
College, if part of name; the college:
Armed Forces Staff
Command and General Staff
Gettysburg
National War
of Bishops
but electoral college
college degrees: bachelor of arts, master's, etc.
Colonials (American Colonial Army); but colonial times, etc.
Colonies, the:
Thirteen
Thirteen American
Thirteen Original
but 13 separate Colonies
colonists, the
Command, capitalize with name; the command:
Air Force Materiel
Army
Central (CENCOM)
Naval Space
Zone of Interior
Commandant, the (Coast Guard or Marine Corps only)
Commandos, the; Commando raid; a commando
Commission (if part of name; capitalized standing alone if referring to Federal or international commission):
International Boundary, United States and Canada
of Fine Arts
Public Buildings
Commissioner, if referring to Federal or international commission; the Commissioner:
Land Bank; but land bank commissioner loans
of Customs and Border Protection
U.S. (International Boundary Commission, etc.)
but a U.S. commissioner
Committee (or Subcommittee) (if part of name; the Committee, if referring to international or noncongressional Federal committee or to the Committee of the Whole, the Committee of the Whole House, or the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union):
American Medical Association Committee on Education; the committee on education; the committee
Appropriations, etc.; the committee; Subcommittee on Appropriations; the subcommittee; subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee
Democratic National; the national committee; the committee; Democratic national committeeman
Democratic policy committee; the committee
Joint Committee on Printing; the Joint Committee; the committee; but a joint committee
of Defense Ministers (NATO); the Committee (see also Organization, North Atlantic Treaty)
of One Hundred, etc.; the committee on Finance; the committee
President's Advisory Committee on Management; the Committee
Republican National; the national committee; the committee;