I say no, but I could be wrong.
I think correct way to write out seasons and semester is like this:
I graduated during the fall semester of 2003.
I have seen people write it like this:
I graduated during the Fall Semester of 2003.
Am I right or wrong?
Do we capitalize the seasons and semester? Forum
- SwollenMonkey
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- Rand M.
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Re: Do we capitalize the seasons and semester?
Fall Semester seems redundant. I always just say Fall 2003 or Fall of 2003. The semester part should be able to be assumed.SwollenMonkey wrote:I say no, but I could be wrong.
I think correct way to write out seasons and semester is like this:
I graduated during the fall semester of 2003.
I have seen people write it like this:
I graduated during the Fall Semester of 2003.
Am I right or wrong?
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Re: Do we capitalize the seasons and semester?
You do not generally capitalize the name of seasons. The exception is when you are using a season as a proper noun, such as "the Winter of my Discontent."
- SwollenMonkey
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Re: Do we capitalize the seasons and semester?
Would you say Fall 2003 or Fall of 2003 on something an admissions officer might read?Rand M. wrote:Fall Semester seems redundant. I always just say Fall 2003 or Fall of 2003. The semester part should be able to be assumed.SwollenMonkey wrote:I say no, but I could be wrong.
I think correct way to write out seasons and semester is like this:
I graduated during the fall semester of 2003.
I have seen people write it like this:
I graduated during the Fall Semester of 2003.
Am I right or wrong?
- lostjake
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Re: Do we capitalize the seasons and semester?
lawschooliseasy wrote:You do not generally capitalize the name of seasons. The exception is when you are using a season as a proper noun, such as "the Winter of my Discontent."
Also in resumes you should capitalize seasons.
- ggocat
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Re: Do we capitalize the seasons and semester?
According to Chicago Manual of Style Rule 8.94, "The four seasons are lowercased (except when used to denote an issue of a journal . . .) ."
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