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  1. 18-Sep-2006, 01:57 #1
    bosun
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    Smile capitalization the state or the State?

    I am not sure whether to use the state or the State in the following examples. what do you think?

    This increse in the number of residents mean more money for the state./or the State. ??
  2. 18-Sep-2006, 07:55 #2
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    Default Re: capitalization the state or the State?

    You'll see both, but the British National Corpus has far more examples in lower case.
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