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Comment by Cynthia Dunbar on March 14, 2012 at 15:48

I agree with Quyen. The apostrophe's a solid way to indicate what it means just in case there's any question.

(I've noticed in movies and songs there's no apostrophe, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything, i.e., "Boyz n the Hood" and "Where Da Hood At?")

Comment by Quyen on March 14, 2012 at 15:24

No, no quotes.

We moved from the 'hood I grew up in.

Comment by Janiece Young on March 14, 2012 at 15:14

So, Quyen, are you saying put it in quotes?

Comment by Quyen on March 14, 2012 at 15:04

"The hood" is short for "the neighborhood." I wouldn't cap it, but I would write it as "the 'hood."

Comment by Janiece Young on March 14, 2012 at 14:59

I have a case I'm working on and she says, the hood a lot.  You wouldn't capitalize the hood, would you?

Thx

Comment by Audrey C. Eaton on March 14, 2012 at 10:29

Thanks, Rosalie.  I think it is proper adjuster, my computer dictionary shows it as wrong when I type adjustor, but I know it is also used as a "term of art" in the insurance field.  YOWZA!  How can this language be so difficult??

Comment by Janiece Young on March 14, 2012 at 9:42

Thanks, Ladies!!!  :-)

Comment by Cindy Clark on March 14, 2012 at 9:36

Doesn't seem to matter!  I must honestly say, though, that before I looked it up, I was leaning towards capping it.  Probably because I've seen it that way most often.

Comment by Karen Brownlie on March 14, 2012 at 9:23

And then I find this on m-w.com.  Good grief!

often capitalized : a synthetic amphetamine analog C₁₁H₁₅NO₂ used illicitly for its mood-enhancing and hallucinogenic properties —called also MDMA

Comment by Karen Brownlie on March 14, 2012 at 9:14

Then I stand corrected.  I was in the consumer information. 

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