Writing for Business - A Whatis.com Blog » east http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business Is your grammar as good as your code? Thu, 23 May 2013 20:41:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Quiz: Writing for business — capitalization — West or west? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business/quiz-writing-for-business-capitalization-west-or-west/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business/quiz-writing-for-business-capitalization-west-or-west/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:36:49 +0000 Ivy Wigmore http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business/quiz-writing-for-business-capitalization-west-or-west/ Which is correct?
In the _____, server revenues were flat throughout the quarter.
a. west
b. West

Answer: b
When a direction is used as the name for an area, it’s considered a proper name and capitalized. If used simply to indicate a direction, the words north, south, east, and west are not capitalized. For example, you would write:”Go west on Front Street.”

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