part 2! how do you know when to capitalize "father"?

Question

thanks wide awake for the other answer, but im still lost.

ok, in a story i read, theres a fater in there, but they never reveal his name. so when i write about him in my paper, do i use....
The Father never seen his mom in 20 years.
or
When his sons came home, they hugged their Father.


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Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You capitalize the words Father & Mother when they would replace the actual NAME of a person.

For instance:

My father is my friend. (You would not say my "James" is my friend)

Father is a great joker! ("James" is a great joker)

Does this help? It sure helped me! I passed an english portion on my GED (1974) with this "tool"!

Answer 2

In my understanding, you only capitalize "father" when you're using it as a name "Hello, Father," in the case of a clergyman, or in reference to God-- "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Thy name."
When saying something like "My dad" it's not necessary to capitalize the "D."
So I would say neither, unless it's a fill in the blank-type thing, where there are only two options. In that case, I would lean toward the first sentence.
I hope that I helped.

Answer 3

The Father when beginning a sentence otherwise it's fine to keep it lowercased, it should only be in uppercase if his name was Father or "The Father" would be proper if he were a priest.

Answer 4

yes you do capitalize it like you think you do.