I'm currently writing a blog about web development. I'm unsure of when to capitalize a job title and the industry.  Are the following sentences correct?  As an experienced Front-End Developer......  Having worked alongside other developers....
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Would you capitalize the job title in the following sentence?      I am writing this letter in regard to Joe Brown who is applying for the director of teaching and learning position in the XYZ School District.
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Consider a company called:     The Association of Examples Ltd.   When you refer to this company, should you have to capitalize "the" when it's mid-sentence and would have been used even if it wasn't in the name?   It looks odd to me:     In other news, The Association of Examples announced that...      Sarah is the founder of The Association of Examples and has...   But I imagine it's the correct way.  For the grammar-conscious, why or why not?    To give you context, I am asking also when branding ones own company like that. The Economist did it (as did ) and , but I can imagine it can cause confusion.
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Why is "Nature" usually spelt with an initial capital letter in scientific journals? I am mainly referring to life science here, in case this matters.  I am not talking about the obvious cases, like capitalisation in titles, at the beginning of a sentence, etc., but when it appears mid-sentence, where one would normally expect it to be lowercase.  I've heard some explanation that it gives the impression of Nature as a goddess (see comments on this post ) - but this is probably the last thing I would have expected in a scientific article...
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If I were to use the sentence "There are lots of John Smiths" in the world, would that be the correct use for saying that there are a lot of people named John Smith in the world?  I don't think there should be an apostrophe as that would imply ownership of something.  If my first example is correct, then what would you do if the name referenced already ended with an 's'?
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Seems strange (and not in a good way) to me that when I click "Questions" and very few (about 1 in 8) of the titles end in question marks. So I'm curious to get some opinions:  Is there some simple change to the site that would encourage actually asking a question in the title?  Is this a worthwhile aim?
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We don't migrate posts cause they can be answered by professional and enthusiast programmers. We migrate them because they are to do with SO careers, Teams or other products primarily on SO.        The current wording is somewhat misleading.  Could we have the wording for migration to this site reviewed and corrected?
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When dealing with abbreviations, should you parenthesize the abbreviation or its expansion? I have seen it both ways. Can anyone make a good case for preferring one style over the other?
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I am trying to understand capitalization rules with Mom and Dad. I believe I have it correct below, but please let me know if I do not.     The one thing I learned from my dad was that it was good to earn the trust of one's children. Dad has shown me how good that a dad can be. One day when I went to his house, and Dad wasn't there, I ran outside....   The above passage is just made-up just so that you would see what I mean about capitalization. Let's put numbers by each one, like so:     The one thing I learned from my dad(1) was that it was good to earn the trust of one's children. Dad(2) has shown me how good that a dad(3) can be. One day when I went to his house, and Dad(4) wasn't there, I ran outside....    This is one where I'm not certain. I believe in this sense I'm showing possession here with "my", and it just didn't seem right saying "my Dad". I don't know what the grammar rule is here, or if I even have it right. This one is obvious—it starts the sentence. In this case, I'm using Dad like a name instead of saying "Larry". Therefore, it should be capitalized. Again, just like 3.
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Should I write "headers" like chapter, section, etc. with capital letters?  I think I have seen both; therefore I am not sure.  As an example, if I write something and want to refer to a specific chapter/section (they are numbered):     "As we have seen in chapter/section [x]..."
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I have this sentence:     There is an engine inside me that keeps saying "someone must be at the top, why isn't that you?"    Should I write that or leave it out?  I know both ways are correct, but I am asking for the most most most most most formal way.
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I'm trying to write a cover letter for a fairly prestigious job, and I'm aiming for (arguably too much) perfection in my cover letter. I don't want to be turned away only because the hiring people though I was too careless with my punctuation and capitalization.  My sentence goes as follows:     I hope to one day go on to complete a Masters degree in Computer Science with a focus in Applied Cryptography.   I've never been great with the technical rules of the English language, despite being a native speaker.
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I've been having an argument with a colleague about this sentence, could you please let me know which one of us is correct:     There are no shortage of applications for our product in this   space.   She is convinced that are should be replaced by is, and I think it should stand as it is. Thanks for your help!
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When a proper noun like "Skype" is used as a verb ("Skyping"), should it be capitalized?  My thinking is that it should be capitalized because the root is a proper noun.  Does anyone know of a rule about this question?
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I've noticed that many sites and user interfaces tend to capitalize certain words or sentences like so:  Choose File  Select a File to Upload  Account Settings  How to Format   but in some other cases, they don't:  Please select a file to upload to our system  Browse the complete list of questions, or popular tags.   Help us answer unanswered questions.   And sometimes, particularly in list items, all in lowercase.  Are these good practices? What's a reasonable rule to decide when to capitalize or not, or even when to write all in lowercase?
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Could anyone explain when to use a noun or a gerund?  Are these sentences correct? What is the difference between usage of gerund and noun there?        I worked on the improvement of the article.   I worked on the article improving.   I worked on the improving of the article.                The investment idea was published.   Investing idea was published.
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Consider the brief passage:     "I love your work, but calling you 'the artist' {1} just doesn't seem to be   cutting it anymore. What shall I call you?"      "OK. Call me George." {2}   So my instincts tell me to put {1} in single quotes as opposed to no punctuation (or perhaps even italics) but to do the opposite for {2}. Is this right? Why?  Let me expand this one further iteration:     "Wow, that's a great name, especially with this crowd. Maybe for your next book    you should call yourself Ringo."{3}
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When I tried to edit , I got an error saying the title must be at least 15 characters.  How did this come to happen (given that it is a new question)?   Shouldn't the title written during posting also be 15 characters? Is there some text which is removed during posting which could cause this? Like tags? Maybe it's because  are still allowed in the original post?