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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Holy Cow! Capitalization Words Referring to the Deity

Just a quick reminder to writers...

Capitalize words referring to the Deity.

     Examples:  God, Jehovah, the Father, the Son, the Messiah, the Almighty, the Lord

Pronouns referring to God (he, him, and, rarely, who, whom, etc.) are often capitalized.

     Examples:
     Faith in God rests on belief in His goodness.
     For He cometh, He cometh to judge the earth.

* Do not capitalize god when referring to the gods of ancient mythology.

     Example:
     Homer writes about many of the Greek gods and goddesses in The Iliad and The Odyssey.

Happy writing, and let me leave you with food for thought:   "We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master."  ~ Ernest Hemingway

3 comments:

  1. Holy terror or holy terror

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  2. What a good question! Since "holy terror" is a slang expression, neither word is capitalized, unless, of course, "holy" is the first word in a sentence, you are capitalizing a title, etc.

    Example: The freckle-faced boy was such a holy terror, everyone left the birthday party early.

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  3. Who is God, and Who is king? Would this rendering of capitalization of pronouns referring to the Deity be proper?

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