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Do you write mum and dad with a capital letter at the start for English?
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∙ 10y ago
You capitalize mom and dad when you use it as their name. For example - "Hey Mom/Dad, can I have a ride? It's not when you say, "My mom is cool."
The rule is basically this.... If you can insert their given name, Joan or David, for example into the sentence, you capitalize it, because you would capitalize their given name if it were used. If you cannot use (properly) their given name in the sentence, you do not capitalize mom or dad. For example: "My mom and my dad grounded me for a week because I was bad." In this instance you would not capitalize mom and dad because inserting their given names, say Joan and David, would not be correct. For example: "My Joan and my David grounded me for a week because I was bad," is not a correct sentence and thus when using mom and dad in that instance you would not capitalize them. You would capitalize mom and dad in the following sentence because you can use their given names properly and would capitalize them so you would capitalize mom and dad. "One time, at band camp, Mom and Dad came by to hear us play." You can use Joan and David properly in this sentence, so you would capitalize Mom and Dad.
If you are referring to your mom in a generic term and are saying "my mom," "his mom," "their mom," etc, no. If you are referring to her by Mom being her name, yes.
Example: Today, my mom picked me up from school.
Example: Today, Mom picked me up from school.
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∙ 6y ago
Madelyn Canton
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∙ 10y agoYes, if you are referring directly to your own mum (or mom) and dad, as in "Hi, Dad!" However, in the sentence, "My mum isn't feeling well," the word mum is not capitalized, because it is being used indirectly.
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∙ 12y agoCapitalization is determined by whether a word is a noun or a proper noun. Do not capitalize mom or dad unless there used a a subject
E.G : Mom/Dad, can you get me a car would be an example of when you would capitalize mom and dad
my mom/dad went to the store would be when you would not capitalize mom and dad
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∙ 14y agoWhen you refer to specific persons, especially to YOUR parents, as these words are treated as names. When you refer to non-specified parents, no.
My Dad is more... than yours!
but
His dad was 43.
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∙ 11y agoYou only capitalize dad or mom if you use their names as proper nouns: "Dad, can we go fishing?" "Where did Mom go?" However, if you're talking about mom and dad in general terms for mother or father, you do not capitalize. EASY HINT: when you write, "my dad" or "my mom" it's always lower case. Without a possessive adjective (my, your, his, her, our, their, or its coming before dad) it's often upper case. However, if you write about a group of dads, it's lower case: "The dads were all gathered in the lobby."
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∙ 11y agoAll words are capitalized at the begin
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Examples:
I went shoppi
ng with Mom Alyssa yesterday.
Are you home, Dad?
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoNot always because mother or father is a commo
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All words are capitalized at the begin
ni
ng of the se
nte
nce, commo
n
nou
ns a
nd proper
nou
ns i
ncluded.
Mother or father is a commo
n
nou
n but it is capitalized whe
n it is used as a title or precedes a perso
n's
name or whe
n it is used as a direct address.
Examples:
My mother we
nt to the market.
I we
nt to see Mother Theresa.
Did you see me swim, Father?
Wiki User
∙ 12y agoNo .
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