How to write ages in a sentence

I recently received this reader-submitted question: Hello Kim, I stumbled upon your website while looking for something I found hard to even google, so here I am with a question! For the travel website me and my partner own, we are writing a feature article about someone, and I’m puzzled about which one is the… Continue reading How to write ages in a sentence

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Reader question: When do you capitalize “husband”?

A reader recently emailed me this question: A woman who is a columnist for our local San Luis Obispo Tribune always capitalizes the word husband when it precedes his name, i.e. Husband Richard. She also capitalizes Son Sean. When I grumbled about it to a friend who edits books she claimed that was proper. Wondering… Continue reading Reader question: When do you capitalize “husband”?

Should I capitalize husband?

One of my readers is writing a work of fiction and needed to know whether to capitalize “husband”. Here’s my answer.

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