Is mom or dad capitalized when the word is by itself?

Answer 1

You would only capitalize mom or dad when in that sentence you would be able to replace it as a name-

"Hey Mom, drive to the soccer game please" you can replace Mom to be-

"Hey Donna, drive me to the soccer game please"

You wouldn't capitalize it when can't replace it as a name-

"My mom likes flowers" you wouldn't say-

"My Donna likes flowers"

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

If you use it as a name rather than a title.

As a name:

"Oh hi Mom, how was your day?" - Mom is being treated as if it were her name. Let's compare it to the sentence below:

"Oh hi Jen, how was your day?" - Jen is her name, and thus we capitalize it

As a title:

"That woman standing over there is my mom." -Here mom is only a title to describe the woman standing over there.

Let's compare it with the sentence below:

"That woman standing over there is my teacher."- again teacher is only the title of the woman standing over there, it is not the woman's name.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

When used as a proper noun in place of a name, "Mom" and "Dad" are capitalized. However, when used generically as common nouns, they are not capitalized. for example, "I asked Mom to pick me up" (proper noun) versus "My mom is a great cook" (common noun).

Answer 5

No, except at the beginning of a sentence because it is not a proper noun.

Answer 6

When they are used as a title instead of their real name.

Answer 7

the word mom or dad can only be capitalized when its in the beginning of the sentence or when you can replace the word with a name otherwise it should not

Answer 8

If not the first word of a sentence, you do not capitalize mom or dad.

I gave mom a card.

Dad picked me up at school.

Answer 9

When starting a sentence with mom or dad.