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Hi!
So I know when I'm referencing a specific act I'll write "The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed in 2002.....etc". I also know in the above sentence that the first "act" needs to be small.
But then, if I continue talking about it, do I use capitals or not?
"The purpose of the Act/act is to restore investor confidence.."
Capital A in this case, yes or no? Tia!
Lower case, as you yourself have written in #0.
The act you are referring to is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
A trickier question is whether the "the" should be capitalised.
In einem englischsprachigen Vertragstexten würde ich allerdings the Act großschreiben, um damit kenntlich zu machen, daß es nicht irgendein Gesetz ist, sondern dieses ganz bestimmte. Bei der ersten Verwendung oder in einem eigenen Kapitel Definitionen sollte man das auch so festschreiben.
https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/laws/acts/
usually capitalised, in British practice
Sorry! Again what learned, I think one says on Leo.
A trickier question is whether the "the" should be capitalised. (#1)
The is not usually capitalised in cases like this, except when it is part of the title, e.g. The Times. The same applies to The Netherlands.
#6: I did mean that, but I now see that I was mistaken – it's the Netherlands. Perhaps I was getting it confused with The Hague.
Thank you all for replying, unfortunately i am none the wiser though :/
#1 I don't think "the" needs to be capitalized
#2 es ist kein Vertragstext sondern ein Info/Blogtext.
#3 good to know, thank you! I do have a British background so my gut instinct was indeed to go for upper case, but I'm writing for an American-oriented journal, so not quite sure...
From what I gather both options are not wrong, so I'll just go with upper case for now.
re #8:
This native AE speaker says: don't capitalize "act" when referring simply to "the act."
But I am not entirely sure, myself.
re #9: aaarrrgghhhhh!!! lol
It seems there is no globally valid answer to the question.
Perhaps it would be safer after all to go with a lower case "act".
#10: I'm sorry for further confusing the matter. I really am not sure and I think it could reasonably go either way.