Capitalization Examples
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- but Book II: Modern Types (complete heading); Part XI: Early Thought (complete heading)
- Route 66, State Route 9 (highways)
- rule 21; rule XXI; but Rule 21, when part of title: Rule 21: Renewal of Motion
- Rules:
- of the House of Representatives; but rules of the House; House rule X
- Standing Rules of the Senate (publication); but rules of the Senate
- also Commission rules
- S
- Sabbath; Sabbath Day
- savings bond (see bond)
- schedule 2, A, II, etc.; but Schedule 2, when part of title; Schedule 2: Open and Prepay Stations
- School, if part of name; the school:
- any school of U.S. Armed Forces
- Hayes
- Pawnee Indian
- Public School 13; PS. 13
- school district (see District)
- Scriptures; Holy Scriptures (the Bible)
- Seabees (see Navy)
- seaboard, Atlantic, eastern, etc.
- seasons:
- autumn (fall)
- spring
- summer
- winter
- seaway (see geographic terms; Authority; Corporation)
- Second World War (see War)
- Secretariat (see United Nations)
- Secretaries of the Army and the Navy; but Secretaries of the military departments; secretaryship
- Secretary, head of national governmental unit:
- of Defense; of State; etc.; the Secretary
- of State for Foreign Affairs (British); for the Commonwealth, etc.; the Secretary
- of the Smithsonian Institution; the Secretary
- also the Assistant Secretary; the Executive Secretary
- Secretary General; the Secretary General:
- Organization of American States
- United Nations
- section 2, A, II, etc.; but Section 2, when part of title: Section 2: Test Construction Theory
- Selective Service (see Service; System)
- Senate (U.S.), titles of officers standing alone capitalized:
- Chaplain
- Chief Clerk
- Doorkeeper
- Official Reporter(s)
- Parliamentarian
- Postmaster
- President of the
- President pro tempore
- Presiding Officer
- Secretary
- Sergeant at Arms
- Senate, Ohio (State); the senate
- Senator (U.S. Congress); but lowercased if referring to a State senator, unless preceding a name
- senatorial
- Sergeant at Arms (U.S. Senate or House)
- Sermon on the Mount
- server
- Service, if referring to Federal unit; the Service:
- Extension
- Federal Mediation and Conciliation
- Fish and Wildlife
- Foreign (see Foreign Service)
- Forest
- Internal Revenue
