La and El capitalization
I am writing a paragraph for Spanish class, and I was wondering if you should capitalize la and el when listing teachers that you have? For example: Mis profesores son La Sra. Smith, El Sr. Adams y La Sra. Martin. Should the el and la here be capitalized? Thanks!
1 Answer
No (unless it is the start of a sentence, or the first word of a title of a book, movie, etc.)
http://spanish.about.com/od/writtenspanish/a/capitalization.htm
Personal titles: Introductory titles are not capitalized, although common abbreviations of them (such as Sr.for señor, Dr. for doctor, D. for don and Srta. for señorita) are. ¿Conoces a la señora Wilson? (Do you know Mrs. Wilson?) ¿Conoces a la Sra. Wilson? (Do you know Mrs. Wilson?) La reina Victoria fue mi abuela.(Queen Victoria was my grandmother.)
Composition titles: In formal written Spanish, titles of movies, books, plays and similar works capitalize only the first word and proper nouns. La guerra de las galaxias ("Star Wars"), Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal ("Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone") Note: In informal written Spanish, and on book covers and movie posters, it is not unusual to see such composition titles capitalized as in English.
