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Capitalization Examples
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Isthmian
Panama
Cape (see geographic terms)
Capital, Capital City, National Capital (Washington, DC); but the capital (State)
Capitol Building (with State name); the capital
Capitol, the (Washington, DC):
Architect of
Building
caucus room
Chamber
Cloakroom
dome
Grounds
Halls (House and Senate)
Halls of Congress
Hill; the Hill
Police (see Police)
Power Plant
Prayer Room
Press Gallery, etc.
rotunda
Senate wing
stationery room
Statuary Hall
the well (House or Senate)
west front
catch-22
Caucasian (see White)
caucus: Republican; but Congressional Black Caucus (incorporated name); Sun Belt Caucus
CD-ROM
Cemetery, if part of name: Arlington National; the cemetery
Census:
Twenty-third Decennial (title); Twenty-third (title); the census
2000 census
2000 Census of Agriculture; the census of agriculture; the census
the 23d and subsequent decennial censuses
Center, if part of name; the Center (Federal); the center (non-Federal):
Agricultural Research, etc.; the Center (Federal)
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; the Kennedy Center; the Center (Federal)
the Lincoln Center; the center (non-Federal)
central Asia, etc.
Central America
Central Europe
Central States
central time (see time)
century, first, 21st, etc.
Chair, the, if personified
Chairman, Chairwoman, Chair:
of the Board of Directors; the Chairman (Federal); but chairman of the board of directors (non-Federal)
of the Committee of the Whole House; the Chairman
of the Federal Trade Commission; the Chairman
Vice
chairman, chairwoman, chair (congressional):
of the Appropriations Committee
of the Subcommittee on Banking
but Chairman Davis, Chairwoman Landrieu
Chamber of Commerce; the chamber:
of Ada; Ada Chamber of Commerce; the chamber of commerce
of the United States; U.S. Chamber of Commerce; the chamber of commerce; national chamber
Chamber, the (Senate or House)
channel 3 (TV); the channel
Chaplain (House or Senate); but Navy chaplain