Yes, it's been a while since I've posted. I've been working nonstop in my new role as chief executive editor of South Charlotte Living Magazine. I love the magazine, I love what I'm doing with the magazine, and enjoy every working minute of every day. How many people can say that?
Here's today's tidbit of info: Unless you are writing the first word of a sentence, give serious consideration as to where you capitalize. Unnecessary capitalization ranks pretty high on my list of pet peeves. Your job title, unless it precedes your name, is not capitalized. It seems that the higher a person is on the career ladder, the more likely they are to capitalize their title. Everyone does it -- doctors, accountants, company presidents. But, generally, who doesn't do it? Secretaries, trash collectors, police officers, firefighters, etc. Aren't these professions just as important? Even the president of the United States (notice the lowercase 'p') is just that, the president of the United States. Unless we say, President Barack Obama. Then it's uppercase.
My rule is, your title is not as important as you think it is. You are not your job title, you are you. Don't be so self-inflated that you capitalize your job title in your bio, your CV, or a job application. Only capitalize it when it immediately precedes your name.
I receive many emails that appear to capitalize words at random -- greenway, meeting, officers, etc. Why? I ask that question so often. Why? Is there something special about the meeting that you need to write it as Meeting? Okay -- my Kitchen is a very special room. I love my Hot Tub and I really don't know what I would do without it. My Garage is just as important!
Do you get my point? Think before you capitalize. Once again, don't turn something that is relatively unimportant into something that is important.
There you go. My rant for the day.
Here's today's tidbit of info: Unless you are writing the first word of a sentence, give serious consideration as to where you capitalize. Unnecessary capitalization ranks pretty high on my list of pet peeves. Your job title, unless it precedes your name, is not capitalized. It seems that the higher a person is on the career ladder, the more likely they are to capitalize their title. Everyone does it -- doctors, accountants, company presidents. But, generally, who doesn't do it? Secretaries, trash collectors, police officers, firefighters, etc. Aren't these professions just as important? Even the president of the United States (notice the lowercase 'p') is just that, the president of the United States. Unless we say, President Barack Obama. Then it's uppercase.
My rule is, your title is not as important as you think it is. You are not your job title, you are you. Don't be so self-inflated that you capitalize your job title in your bio, your CV, or a job application. Only capitalize it when it immediately precedes your name.
I receive many emails that appear to capitalize words at random -- greenway, meeting, officers, etc. Why? I ask that question so often. Why? Is there something special about the meeting that you need to write it as Meeting? Okay -- my Kitchen is a very special room. I love my Hot Tub and I really don't know what I would do without it. My Garage is just as important!
Do you get my point? Think before you capitalize. Once again, don't turn something that is relatively unimportant into something that is important.
There you go. My rant for the day.
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