They are capitalized when they are used as proper nouns or names, as in North America, or the Southeastern Theatre Conference.
When used to give directions, they remain lowercase: Go east for two blocks, then southwest for half a mile. The building is in the northern corner of the westernmost block.
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∙ 13y agoWiki User
∙ 13y agoNot necessarily.
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∙ 11y agoBasically, directions are not capitalized. Capitalize directions when they designate geographical parts of the country, region or city or when used as part of proper names to designate a world division.
Do not capitalize when used to indicate parts of states or provinces.
Examples:
The car headed midwest.
Martha went to Midwest Australia.
Martha went to midwest Cagayan.
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Capitalise the cardinal directions when they are referring to a specific region of a country (eg: Northwest America). Do NOT capitalise if they are used as directions (eg: Looking north...).
Basically, directions are not capitalized. Capitalize directions when they designate geographical parts of the country, region or city or when used as part of proper names to designate a world division. Do not capitalize when used to indicate parts of states or provinces. Examples: The car headed east. Maybelle had been to East China.
No, seasons are not capitalized.
Wikipedia is capitalized.
Have should be capitalized if it is the beginning of a sentence. Summer should not be capitalized.
No, west should not be capitalized if it is used in directions depending on the context of the sentence. If you are talking about the West Coast, then it would be capitalized. If you are simply heading west, then it can be written in lowercase.
Yes, when East is used as a proper noun to refer to a specific region, it is capitalized. For example, East Coast or East Asia.
Capitalise the cardinal directions when they are referring to a specific region of a country (eg: Northwest America). Do NOT capitalise if they are used as directions (eg: Looking north...).
Yes, when referring to directions as proper nouns (e.g. East Coast, West Coast), East and West should be capitalized. When referring to cardinal directions (e.g. go east on Main Street), they are not capitalized.
Yes, "Mount McKinley" should be capitalized because it is a proper noun referring to a specific mountain. "North America" should be capitalized when referring to the continent, but not when referring to compass directions.
You should capitalize "North" and "South" when they are used as specific regions or compass directions, such as North America or South America. However, if they are used as general directions (e.g., head north on that street), they are not capitalized.
Regional directions such as east, west, north, south are only capitalized when they form part of a proper noun or when they are part of a title. Otherwise, they are typically written in lowercase (e.g. "She is traveling south for the winter" vs "South America").
Basically, directions are not capitalized. Capitalize directions when they designate geographical parts of the country, region or city or when used as part of proper names to designate a world division. Do not capitalize when used to indicate parts of states or provinces. Examples: The car headed east. Maybelle had been to East China.
Yes, when referring to the specific geographic directions (North, South, East, West), they are capitalized. However, when used as general directions, they are not capitalized (e.g., go north on Main Street).
In general, the directions north, south, east, and west are not capitalized unless they are part of a proper noun or at the beginning of a sentence.
Yes, compass points are typically capitalized when referring to specific directions, such as North, South, East, and West.
No, seasons are not capitalized.