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Punctuation question. Capital or non-capital?

When writing and referring to some-body's nationality in the 3rd person is it correct to use a capital or non capital as in American or american? The aussies or the Aussies?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Somebody (one word) from a country is described using the adjectival form of the country's name; as a proper noun it is always capitalized.

    e.g. America, American; England, English; Australia, Australian or Aussie (slang); New Zealand, New Zealander or Kiwi (slang).

  • 1 decade ago

    Both American and Aussies should be capitalized, and I think all the other nationalities should be too if it's in the third person.

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    Lv 4
    5 years ago

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  • 1 decade ago

    Capital. They're proper nouns and thus should be capitalized.

    Source(s): English Major.
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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    i am pretty sure it is the Aussie's. because you are substituting this for their names which would be capitalized. they are pronouns

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