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<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Hi Patsy,<br>
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Two sources that agree with your AP finding that department is only capitalized when part of the proper name of the department – <br>
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Chicago Manual of Style, Institutions and companies—capitalization:<br>
<a href="http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch08/ch08_sec067.html">http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch08/ch08_sec067.html</a><br>
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There is an older editorial guide created by Resource Development’s communication group that also agrees:<br>
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/comdor/editguide/style-matters/capitalization.html">http://web.mit.edu/comdor/editguide/style-matters/capitalization.html</a><br>
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Best,<br>
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Monica<br>
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On 7/30/12 2:50 PM, "Patricia Sampson" <<a href="patsys@MIT.EDU">patsys@MIT.EDU</a>> wrote:<br>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Hi all,<br>
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As we finish up our section of the MIT Presidents Report, we are having discussions about the word 'department'... to D or d is the question. Most of our faculty here want to capitalize throughout. The AP Stylebook clearly suggests only capitalizing when
used with a formal name such as MIT Department of...<br>
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When referring to the MIT catalogue about EECS (from whence this discussion has come), here is an example sentence:<br>
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</span></font><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="Trebuchet MS">More information about the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and its programs can be obtained from the department's website at
<a href="http://www-eecs.mit.edu/">http://www-eecs.mit.edu/</a>. <br>
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</font><font face="Arial">What are 'your' rules?<br>
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Just thought I would check though this has probably been circulated more than once!<br>
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Patsy<br>
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