Should Nana Be Capitalized?

When not to capitalize family member titles
In other words, capitalize words such as Mother, Father, Grandmother, Grandfather, Son, Daughter, and Sis when they are used in place of the person's name. Do not capitalize them when they follow possessive pronouns such as her, his, my, our, your.

Do you capitalize my Nana?

When terms denoting family relationships are used as proper nouns (as names), they are capitalized. ... In the examples above, Mom, Dad, and Grandma are capitalized because they are being used like names. You could replace them with proper names without changing the rest of the sentence.

Does Nan need a capital letter?

When should writers capitalise the words for family members like 'mum', 'Nan' and 'Great Aunt'? Words like mother, father, mum (American: mom), dad, aunty, grandma, cousin and great uncle are nouns. Ordinary nouns are not given capitals unless they are at the start of a sentence.

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