AZ Ind. IN Mo. ND Va. VA Ark. AR Kan. KS Mont. MT Okla. OK Wash. WA Calif. CA Ky. KY Neb. NE Ore. WV Colo. CO La. LA Nev. Others may argue that the word simply denotes the direction of the region the individual lives and must not have the capital letter.
Regardless of what side of the debate table you are on, the different thoughts clearly illustrate how differing opinions could be on the matter, causing people to use capitalization rules the way they deem appropriate.
The English language has grammar and usage rules by the boatload. Despite that, knowing how to capitalize names of places, regions, geographical features, directions, etc. Of all the various names or terms, direction names could be the trickiest to handle. As a general thumb rule, if a particular direction north, south, etc. Just make sure you are consistent with the letter case. He's one part content manager, one part writing ninja organizer, and two parts leader of top content creators.
You don't even want to know what he calls pancakes. Previous post. Next post. North, South, East, West or north, south, east, west. I get confused because the grammar checker I use always capitalizes north, south, east, and west. I assumed they were always capitalized because of this. This is why you never want to rely exclusively on spell checkers and grammar checkers. They have a difficult time distinguishing between directions and proper nouns with north, south, east, and west.
Just look it over. Very clear explanation, btw! Please log in again. The login page will open in a new tab.
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