2007-09-11 12:03:15 · 12 answers · asked by bob 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
If you use Mom like it's her name, it's capitalized.
"Mom made me chocolate chip cookies."
If you use mom like you're telling her relationship to you, DON'T capitalize.
"My mom is brilliant."
Can you tell I used to teach English? :)
2007-09-11 12:10:37 · answer #1 · answered by barb j 4 · 7⤊ 1⤋
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If the word mom is in a sentence should it be capitalized or lowercase???
2015-08-18 16:01:13 · answer #2 · answered by Norton 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you must use this abomination of a word, surely the I, as the first person singular pronoun, should be capitalised wherever it appears in a sentence. ima looks odd. But applying lexical strictness to a sloppy slang word might be a lost cause anyway. Don't suppose I shall ever use it myself, but I agree with you about slang words gaining respectability over time. Like innit - another horrible word that I only use ironically (so that's OK then).It is very useful, and French and German already have a single expression - n'est-ce pas and nicht wahr - for all the isn't it, are you, may we, couldn't it be, ought they to have .. etc expressions. That one will gain currency I am sure, so Ima might do as well. As long as you SPELL IT WITH A CAPITAL I.
2016-03-14 07:31:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-24 09:41:18 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it begins a sentence, it should always be capitalized.
When using my, your, our, etc. before the word, it isn't used as a capital because it isn't considered a proper noun. When directly using "Mom" in a sentence, it is always capitalized, just as you would a name.
2007-09-11 12:45:40 · answer #5 · answered by cwgrrl7 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Is Mom A Proper Noun
2016-10-02 10:54:19 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should be a lowercase. Its only a capital if its her name or official nickname.
This is what i remember from high school. You should double check with your teacher!
2007-09-11 12:23:04 · answer #7 · answered by Petitecherry 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the usage. If used as a general noun.. as in: Kevin's mom is hot. Then it can be lower case. If it is used as a proper noun then caps. For example: Kevin said, "You'll never believe this Mom, but Joe said you're hot."
2007-09-11 12:13:03 · answer #8 · answered by CB 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you can replace Mom with her name then it should be capitalized. ex: Mom baked a pie today. If you use my or your in front of it you do not. That way it is used as a title. ex: My mom bakes the best pies.
2007-09-11 12:11:17 · answer #9 · answered by Dusie 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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If you're making up words, what do you care if your capitalization is proper? If we're paying attention to some grammar rules and not others, Ima would be capitalized in the same way its first part, I'm, is. But to be totally grammatically proper, you wouldn't be using "Ima" as a word at all. The actual phrase closest to the meaning of "Ima," I believe, would be not "I'm a," but "I'm going to." It seems Ima is a very strange contraction indeed. I think it came from "I'm gonna," a slang phrase itself. If that phrase was shortened according to the usual rules of contractions, there would be apostrophes in both places where there are missing letters, leading to "I'm'a," which looks kind of weird. Ima just take them both out and say "Ima" is correct(ish).
2016-03-29 00:47:46 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋