When do you...?

Question

When do you capitalize the word WORLD? What usage?

What about the New World?

Answer 1

When you are using it as a proper name. Such as "Third World County" ect.

Answer 2

I would think New World would be capitalized. If you are using the word as another name for Earth capitalize it as a proper noun. In other usage, such as saying something like world use of gasoline has increased over the past 20 years I think you don't use capitols.

Answer 3

Well i think it's just a way to show the increase of the voice on that word during a speech when it's written.It's the same thing for all other words.I don't think there is a special usage for the capitalization of the word "world".

Answer 4

In a Title or Event

Ex: The World Atlas

As the World Turns

World War I

Answer 5

It is capitalized when used as a title or name of a specific school course, as: World History 101.

Answer 6

When it's a name or part of a name, like The New World, World Health Organisation, New World Order, etc. But in the case of simple expressions like "the whole world", or "all over the world", world just takes a lower case w.

Answer 7

How about a title like World Trade Center but not by itself. There is not enough clean water in the world -- would not be capitalized.

Answer 8

Hardly ever, just depends on context like using "The Third World," but people hardly ever use that term anyways, at least not in the sociology or anthropology world.

Answer 9

when your using it as a name