Members Orval Posted March 6, 2017 Members Share Posted March 6, 2017 I am writing a paper / book on Baptist Distinctives and I am currently writing on the topic of Soul Liberty. My question is this: since Soul Liberty is the topic do I need to capitalize the words soul liberty each time the combination is used in the chapter and elsewhere? I would greatly appreciate your wise counsel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Invicta Posted March 6, 2017 Members Share Posted March 6, 2017 If you do once I suppose you should all the time, Long time since I used it but vannot Wprd change, fpr instance, sl to Soul Liberty. I know I could when I used Word Perfect years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheSword Posted March 7, 2017 Members Share Posted March 7, 2017 No, normally you would not capitalize it unless it's in a heading or title because it is a concept and not a proper noun or philosophical idea/movement. fastjav390 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators OLD fashioned preacher Posted March 7, 2017 Moderators Share Posted March 7, 2017 2 hours ago, TheSword said: No, normally you would not capitalize it unless it's in a heading or title because it is a concept and not a proper noun or philosophical idea/movement. Correct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alimantado Posted March 7, 2017 Members Share Posted March 7, 2017 23 hours ago, Invicta said: Long time since I used it but vannot Wprd change, fpr instance, sl to Soul Liberty. I don't know but whatever you do, don't accept advice on writing from this guy! DaveW, Invicta, Salyan and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Invicta Posted March 8, 2017 Members Share Posted March 8, 2017 2 hours ago, Alimantado said: I don't know but whatever you do, don't accept advice on writing from this guy! I used to get misspelt words underlined in red, but that doesn't happen now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Young Posted March 8, 2017 Members Share Posted March 8, 2017 (edited) Its not a grammatical requirement unless you are actually using those words as a title in the sentence ("with quotes" as well) but I tend to capitalize the subject as if it were a name anywhere (without quotes) regardless, but that is just me. Whatever you do, do it consistently! Edited March 8, 2017 by John Young Invicta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Orval Posted March 8, 2017 Author Members Share Posted March 8, 2017 Thanks to each for your response. I contacted a friend who was an English major in college and she has told me I should capitalize simply because Soul Liberty is considered a doctrine or ideology making them proper nouns. As John said she also suggests keeping what I do consistent throughout the document. John Young and Invicta 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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