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I'm currently writing some fiction about a lord and I'm struggling with when I should capitalise his title. There are a number of circumstances. When someone is referring to him or about him usin...
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System
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2019-12-08T03:41:25Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Liath
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2019-12-08T03:41:25Z (almost 5 years ago)
I'm currently writing some fiction about a lord and I'm struggling with when I should capitalise his title. There are a number of circumstances. When someone is referring to him or about him using his title: > "Of course my lord." When the title is used as part of his name: > "Welcome Lord Smith." Or in the third person: > What did the lord say? The pattern I've found is to only capitalise when the title is used as part of the character's proper name - Lord Smith. When used in place of his name I've not capitalised. > "What did the young Lord say?" Doesn't look right to me. Is this approach correct? Is there a better rule to follow?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2014-08-18T09:11:27Z (over 10 years ago)
Original score: 2