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Capitalization Examples
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Presidential assistant, authority, order, proclamation, candidate, election, timber, year, etc.
Prime Minister (see foreign cabinets)
Prison, New Jersey State; the prison
Privy Council, Her Majesty's (see Council)
Prize, Nobel, Pulitzer, etc.; the prize
Proclamation, Emancipation; Presidential Proclamation No. 24; Proclamation No. 24; the proclamation; but Presidential proclamation
Program, if part of name:
European Recovery
Food for Peace
Fulbright
Head Start
Mutual Defense Assistance
Social Security
but universal military training; government bailout
Progressive Party; a Progressive
Project:
Gutenberg
Manhattan
Vote Smart
Proposition 13
Prosecutor; Special Prosecutor (Federal)
Province, Provincial, if referring to an administrative subdivision: Ontario Province; Province of Ontario; Maritime Provinces (Canada); the Province
Proving Ground, Aberdeen, etc.; the proving ground
Public Law; Public Law 110-161, etc.
Public Printer; the Government Printer; the Printer
public utility district (see District)
Pueblo, Santa Clara; the pueblo
Purchase, Gadsden, Louisiana, etc.
Puritan; puritanical
Pyrrhic victory
Q
Quad Cities (Davenport, Rock Island, Moline, East Moline, and Bettendorf)
query
queue
R
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Railroad, Alaska; the Railroad
Ranch, King, etc.; the ranch
Range, Cascade, etc. (mountains); the range
Rebellion, if part of name; the rebellion:
Boxer
Whisky
Reconstruction period (post-Civil War)
Red army
Red Cross, American (see American)
Reds, the; a Red (political)
Reformatory, Michigan; the reformatory
Refuge, Blackwater National Wildlife, etc.; Blackwater Refuge; the refuge
region, north-central, etc.; first region, 10th region; region 7; midcontinent
Regular Army, Navy; a Regular (see also officer)
regulation:
greenhouse gas
W (see also Federal Reserve Board)
but Veterans Entitlements Regulations
religious terms:
Baha'i
Baptist
Brahman
Buddhist
Catholic; Catholicism; but catholic (universal)
Christian
Christian Science
Evangelical United Brethren
Hindu; Hinduism
Islam; Islamic
Jewish
Latter-day Saints