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British Men's Champ? - Capital Letters



 
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British Men's Champ? - Capital Letters #1 (permalink) Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:23 am   British Men's Champ? - Capital Letters
 

Hello,

Recently I've been greatly interested in capital letters in writing. For example:

1) He was the last British Men's Champ in 1936.
2) He was the last British men's champ in 1936.

In these cases, "He" means Fred Perry (tennis player).

Anyway, in 1), Men's Champ particularly indicates a Wimbledon winner(men's single). Or, "He" is so special that the writer wanted to emphasize his title.

For 2), to me, it looks like he's one of many champs, no emphasizing here.

What do you think?

Thanks,
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British Men's Champ? - Capital Letters #2 (permalink) Fri Sep 04, 2009 0:22 am   British Men's Champ? - Capital Letters
 

1-- indicates a particular title
2-- does not indicate a specific title
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British Men's Champ? - Capital Letters #3 (permalink) Fri Sep 04, 2009 1:59 am   British Men's Champ? - Capital Letters
 

Thanks, MM. :) So here it is a particular title(for Wimbledon Men's Single, in 1936), I take the first one.
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