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Should the word "estate" be capitalized?
Say that I have someone named Peter Stone and he has recently died and left all of his belongings to a cousin, and those belongings are referred to as an estate. Would I say the Peter Stone Estate? Also, would I capitalize estate if it weren't paired with Peter Stone, but I was referring to his estate. For example, "On Tuesday the estate will officially belong to Peter's cousin." Would estate be capitalized in that sentence?
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- Purple HelenLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
In the second example, definitely not.
In the first example - imagine it the other way round - the estate of the late Peter Stone - you would not capitalise it there, so no, you don't capitalise it at all.
Or think of another example - Peter Stone's Car? - no, you'd say Peter Stone's car.
