Why do we use capital letters for the following? Why not for the other words?
a. Buzz likes to go to parks to jog. He went to Tiong Bahru Park to jog this morning and is going to Pasir Ris Park in the evening.
(The first use of 'parks' refers to parks in general, not pointing to a specific one and does not need to be capitalised. The other two are proper nouns.
b. Damien ran to Uncle Tom's rescue, shoving his way through the group of uncles. Damien asked, "Are you alright, Uncle?"
(We use the capital letter when we refer to a specific person, not when referring to a group or 'uncles' in a wide and general way.
c. We have not visited our aunty in some time. OR
We have not visited Aunty for a long time.
(Family relationships can be capitalised when used in place of proper names. The word 'aunty' can be written as 'auntie', according to Dictionary.com. Not 'aunt' as that is informal. You may use 'aunt' in dialogue, but not formal writing.
d. Some children want to be doctors when they grow up, just like Doctor Chan (or Dr. Chan).
(Doctors in the first instance refers to no one in particular, but the second case refers to a particular person. Do note that it is acceptable for titles to be shortened, for e.g. Mr., Mrs., Ms., Dr.
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