{"id":338,"date":"2015-05-20T12:45:27","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T10:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/?page_id=338"},"modified":"2015-05-20T12:45:27","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T10:45:27","slug":"reference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/pagina-exemple\/capitalisation\/proper-nouns\/reference\/","title":{"rendered":"Reference"},"content":{"rendered":"

When a reference is made to a previous mention of a capitalised proper name, the usual practice is to revert to lower case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Small_OK\"<\/a><\/td>\nThe Erasmus students were taken to Lake Banyoles. When they arrived, thelake<\/span> was calm and serene.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"Small_OK\"<\/a><\/td>\nThe Spanish Civil War was fought between 17 July 1936 and 1 April 1939. The war<\/span> began after a group of right-wing generals rose up against the Government of the Second Spanish Republic.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

However, when the reference is simply a short form of the specific person, organisation, institution or event previously mentioned, capitals are used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Small_OK\"<\/a><\/td>\nThe Universitat Rovira i Virgili is placing great emphasis on internationalisation. The University<\/span> is fully aware of the importance of this policy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"Small_OK\"<\/a><\/td>\nThe Spanish Civil War was fought between 17 July 1936 and 1 April 1939… The Civil War<\/span> became notable for the passion and political division it inspired.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Plural forms that apply one generic term to multiple names should be lowercased because the generic term is merely a descriptor and not part of the proper name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Small_OK\"<\/a><\/td>\nGirona and Lleida universities<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Back to Proper Nouns<\/a><\/strong>
\nBack to Capitalisation<\/a><\/strong>
\nBack to Content<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When a reference is made to a previous mention of a capitalised proper name, the usual practice is to revert to lower case. The Erasmus students were taken to Lake Banyoles. When they arrived, thelake was calm and serene. The Spanish Civil War was fought between 17 July 1936 and 1 April 1939. The war […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"parent":323,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-338","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/338\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}