In general, names of diseases are not capitalized unless they contain a proper name, such as Crohn’s disease. So, it’s the plague. Blacbird’s question is valid. According to Merriam-Webster, it’s the plague, the bubonic plague, or black death.

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General terms describing political movements and their adherents are lower-cased unless they are derived from proper nouns: fascism, fascist.

Chicago now prefers “Black” with a capital “B” when it refers to racial and ethnic identity. “White” may also be capitalized when used in this sense, though individual preferences should be respected, and usage may depend on context.

Proper Names A. Zoom is a brand name, so you’re right, it gets a capital Z in both noun and attributive forms. Capitalization is also appropriate for brand names that have become synonymous with a category, like Band-Aid, Coke, Hula-Hoop, Jet Ski, Xerox, and Zamboni.

For now, it says that the verb “Zooming” should be capitalized when talking about the video-conferencing platform. The manual also notes that the verb “zoom” can refer to something completely different from video conferencing, and the capital letter helps make that distinction.

We have asked for a meeting with the President. I would like to be the president of a big company. In the first, the title the President is capitalized because it is a title referring to a specific person; in the second, there is no capital, because the word president does not refer to anyone in particular.

When you’re talking about the planet we live on, capitalize the word. Here’s why: Used in this capacity, Earth is a proper noun. While she’s on our planet Earth, the meaning of the word here refers not to the planet itself, but to the soil or dirt on the ground and, as a result, should not be capitalized.

Explanation: “Court” or “supreme court” is only capitalized in the ELD when referring to the Supreme Court of the United States, when you are stating the full name of the court to which you are referring, when “court” happens to be the first word of a sentence, or when the words are in a heading or title of a paper.

Capitalize party designations (plaintiff, defendant, etc.) only when referring to the parties in the matter that is the subject of the document.

The word “act”, as used in the term “Act of Congress”, is a common, not a proper noun. However, the Bluebook requires “Act” to be capitalized when referring to a specific legislative act. The United States Code capitalizes “Act”.

Do not capitalize section when it is used for part of a law or set of regulations, but do capitalize it if it refers to a large subdivision of a report, book or other document: under section 23 of the Act. Volume 10, Section 5.

Capitalize the titles of court documents that have been filed in the matter that is the subject of the documents, but only when the actual title or a shortened form of its actual title is used. Do not capitalize generic document names.

“Each appendix must have a title. In the text, refer to appendices by their labels” (p. Center the title of the appendix, and use uppercase and lowercase letters” (p. 39).

When referring to a chapter in a book, the chapter and number should be lowercase. However, Chapter 11 bankruptcy refers to a specific law, and laws and ordinances are typically capped (according to examples I’ve found in CMOS and online).

A business going through Chapter 11 often downsizes as part of the process, but the objective is reorganization, not liquidation. Some companies don’t survive the Chapter 11 process, but many others, including household names such as Marvel Entertainment and General Motors, successfully emerge and thrive.