When you use "presdient" in relation to the office held in the White House, do you capitalize the "P"?

Question

Is there a formal reference to the capitalization of president in this context? It's not that I don't belive the answers because I was thinking it is as well. Whether you like the person or not is not relevant here because I believe I am finding grammatic errors in a study guide that I am reading now. Thanks for the replies!

Answer 1

I will generally capitalize the "P" because the position is a title and it shows respect for the office. However, with the current resident, I've resorted to using the small "p" b/c I believe the person there now has totally disrespected the office & what it stands for ...

Answer 2

When a formal official title is positioned before a person's last name, the title is uppercased.

Examples: Governor Pataki; Mayor Bloomberg; General Schwarzkofpf; President Bush.

This pattern, in which the title and the last name form a single identifying unit, should be reserved for persons who hold positions of authority. When a title or, more often, an occupational designation is followed by a full name that functions as an appositive, the title is lowercased. Examples:

former mayor Lucille Gaines
divorce attorney Harold White
senior editor Liane James

Second, when a title is positioned after a person's name, the title is usually lowercased. Examples:

Carl Thorn, chairman of the board
Edward Rendall, the governor of Pennsylvania
Allen Singerman, judge

In exceptionally formal contexts, a title following the name may be uppercased. Example:

Lisa Lehman, the Vice President of Marketing, addressed the stockholders.

But in all other contexts, it is no longer necessary to capitalize even the noun president in sentences about the president of the United States when the noun appears after the name. Example:

George W. Bush, president of the United States

Answer 3

You are showing respect for the office when you do. It is always capitalized because it is a formal branch of the US government established by the Constitution. You always see Senator, Representative and Supreme Court Justice capitalized. It's the same idea.

Answer 4

If you talk about the presidency in general, you can use a lower case "p." If you refer to President Bush or the title of President of the United States, it gets a capital "P."

Answer 5

When you are talking about a specific president it is capitalized since it is part of their name (e.g., President Reagan).Generally "president" is not capitalized.

Answer 6

Yes, because you are referring to the President of the U.S., therefore, it's a proper noun.

Answer 7

When typing on here I normally don't but on something formal I would.