Re: Need definitive word on caps.

As you know, I am a bit "old fashioned" about English. What do I do? I
follow basic English rules I learned in business school. I would capitalize
a department if the proper name were before it, Homestead Hospital Emergency
Room, but without Homestead Hospital I would not--he was taken to the
emergency room. I would do the same with departments.--however in the
example you gave I would have capitalized St. Vincent Infirmary Intensive
Care Unit, because I consider it all part of the title following St.
Vincent. Just what I would do, not sure if it is right or not--it was right
when I was in business school. I generally try to follow BOS, but did not
invest in the 2nd edition, when I am doing notes. However, I do a lot of
letters to referring doctors, and in the letters I follow what I consider
proper business letter rules, which can differ from BOS. I bought my BOS
just before I found out there was to be a new one, and I was not that
impressed with what I had, and wasn't willing to spend on the new one. I
have picked up some of the changes from SMT, though, and made notes.

Barb C.

Barb C.
"Blupencl" <Blupencl.2jqmt5@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Blupencl.2jqmt5@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Okay, I was flabbergasted to learn that all the rules of capitalization
are NOT what I thought they were.

I write: The patient was taken back to the intensive care unit in
guarded condition.

All the normals on my new account have Intensive Care Unit.

I was reading on MTDesk and, from what I could decipher, things like
St. Vincent Infirmary intensive care unit is correct, whereas I always
learned NOT to cap _unless_ the facility's particular name was in front
of it.

I do have a BOS. It is NOT with me and I don't trust those people
anyway. I want to know what _real_MT's_ do.


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Blupencl


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