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Sometimes it seems obvious; other times it's not. Please post cap/no-cap questions here.

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Permalink Reply by Linda on July 30, 2012 at 19:29

If you have a doctor say, "I was a Fellow from 1999-2000, do you cap the Fellow or not?

Permalink Reply by LeAnne Law on July 30, 2012 at 21:27

I wouldn't cap it.

Permalink Reply by Quyen on July 31, 2012 at 0:23

I would not cap "fellow." The only time (and according to Gregg's) I would cap titles is if they were to immediately follow a person's name, i.e., William Jones, Chief of Staff. Otherwise, "He was the chief of staff."

Although I had a witness send in an errata sheet full his title(s) capped when they did not immediately follow his name. Pfffft.

Permalink Reply by Rosalie DeLeonardis on November 20, 2012 at 18:47

I just googled "Stinger gunner," and it looks like "Stinger" is capped but not gunner.

Permalink Reply by Quyen on November 20, 2012 at 20:13

What Rosalie said.

Stinger gunner (click for reference)

Permalink Reply by Quyen on February 8, 2013 at 12:39

To cap or no? MP3 or mp3.

Permalink Reply by LeAnne Law on February 8, 2013 at 13:04

SearchMaster shows it as MP3.

Permalink Reply by Kelli Combs (admin) on February 9, 2013 at 9:40

I have always done MP3.

Permalink Reply by gemini35 on March 9, 2013 at 2:17

do you capitalize "medical board" in this sentence? "were you a member of the medical board, the California medical board?" my tendency is to leave it alone, as-is, because "medical board," even though it's referring to the CAlifornia medical board, comes up so many times, and it also comes up generically throughout the transcript. what are your thoughts?

Permalink Reply by LeAnne Law on March 9, 2013 at 5:23

The actual name is Medical Board of California, so no, I would not cap it; and I wouldn't ever cap it when it's shortened to medical board.

Permalink Reply by Rosalie DeLeonardis on May 17, 2013 at 10:57

no caps and bachelor's degree.

Permalink Reply by gemini35 on August 9, 2014 at 16:54

would you capitalize a title of a generic document like Performance Review?