Capitalization Examples
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- Lick; the observatory (nongovernmental)
- Naval; the Observatory
- Occident, the; occidental
- Ocean, if part of name; the ocean:
- Antarctic
- Arctic
- Atlantic
- North Atlantic, etc.
- Pacific
- South Pacific, etc.
- Southwest Pacific, etc.
- Oceanographer (the Hydrographer), Navy
- Office, if referring to unit of Federal Government; the Office:
- Executive
- Foreign and Commonwealth (U.K.)
- Government Printing; the Printing Office; the Office
- Naval Oceanographic
- of Chief of Naval Operations
- of General Counsel
- of Management and Budget
- of Personnel Management
- of the Secretary (Defense); Secretary's Office
- Patent and Trademark
- but New York regional office (including branch, division, or section therein); the regional office; the office
- officer:
- Army
- Marine; font naval and marine officers
- Navy; Navy and Marine officers
- Regular Army; Regular; a Regular
- Reserve
- Old Dominion (Virginia)
- Old South
- Old World
- Olympic Games; Olympiad; XXIX Olympic Games
- ombudsman, Maryland (State)
- online
- Operation Iraqi Freedom, Desert Storm
- Order of Business No. 56 (congressional calendar)
- Ordnance:
- Corps (see Corps)
- Department; the Department
- Organization, if part of name; capitalized standing alone if referring to international unit:
- International Labour (ILO)
- North Atlantic Treaty (NATO):
- Chiefs of Staff
- Committee of Defense Ministers
- Council
- Council of Foreign Ministers
- Defense Committee
- Military Committee
- of American States (OAS)
- Pact
- Regional Planning Group; the Group
- Standing Group; the Group
- United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization UNESCO)
- Orient, the; oriental (see Asian)
- Osama bin Laden
- Outer Continental Shelf (see Continental)
- P
- Pacific (see also Atlantic):
- Basin
- coast
- Coast (or slope) States
- Northwest
- rim
- seaboard
- slope
- South
- States
- time, Pacific standard time (see time)
- but cispacific; transpacific
- pan-American games; but Pan American Day
- Pan American Union (renamed; see Organization of American States)
