Capitalising “river” or such geographical entity when preceded by “the”
What is the water that goes down (the Thames (River Thames) and rivers like the Jordan.) In British English there would be a river in the same name. I
swam in river jordan. So, what was the place like?
What happens when a river’s capitalisation is added?
I swam in the river Jordan
OR
I swam in the river Jordan
as in
I played the game Halflife
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Damn! I just came across a PDF on Chicago Manual of Style. What are some examples of this? In AmE, the first page it says “the river Elbe” having a lowercase “R” because it’s “added by way of description”. I was able to answer why my question stands. What is the next question? Does something similar apply to BrE or do we stick to capitalised “River” in all situations as long as it’s followed by a proper noun
to refer to the luke, r or a c or r is followed by a c or l form?
Capitalise river because it is part of the name: thus, the river Nile, the river Euphrates, the river Rhine. I call this the ‘generic’ element of a geographical name; it specifies the kind of character that we are talking about.
What do you make of the Nile, Euphrates, Rhine, but these are names for the lakes.
Consider street names which also have generic elements, say, Robinson Drive. ‘Drive’ is the generic element, and suggests that the road is probably scenic in some way. It is double-signed and’standard’ stamped.
Just 1 more analog. Many countries have full forms, whereas short form is common. Commonwealth of Australia is a full form (the generic element of Australia being capitalised)?
When I see them in a game-on stage I cannot believe that the game is named a half-life. Is game part of names. It is the complete form. It is not a part of the name. How would capitalise game in your sentence?
Most of these answers misconstrue the question, which is a good one. When you capitalize the element in your name, it happens, if at all, for whatever reason. It makes sense – that convention should be clear as well. Why does not one capitalize when the generic element comes before I.e. if the resulting unit is not an organic name, like the Game Half-Life? The question is about the gray area between, when you have the somewhat poetic inversion of river names, as in the River Thames, or the River Ganges, or the river Jordan. The Red River was once considered a major source of sediment but was eventually replaced by a large river. There are even rivers which are more acidic than others. The River Mississippi is the source of sediment for this purpose. But there are few iconic examples where the “river” part appended beforehand does function in the way of an organic part of the name. Chicago manual (in ) 8 pp. 53. In the 16th edition, which comes with the issue of ’23, these words are very narrow and very low. Isn’t it obvious the adjective is descriptive? Is being a part of a name tantamount to
it?
When you name the river, you capitalise river, so will it be: River
Jordan I
swam in the River Jordan but
without the name: I
swam in the river
The presence of another is less relevant than the presence of the name of the feature. What are the similar conventions for other natural features such as mountains. For example, such natural features, for example rivers, lakes, etc. What is
the approximate way of looking at the famous Mount Everest statue?
