698 - 'Subpoena.' When To Capitalize 'The' in Titles.

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Mignon Fogarty, Inc.

Society & Culture, Education

4.5 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2019

⏱️ 7 minutes

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I could never remember how to spell "subpoena" until I came up with a memory trick! Also, we go over the tricky cases of when to capitalize the word "the" in titles such as The New York Times and The Chicago Manual of Style. Sometimes you do, and sometimes you don't. LINKS AND SPONSORS | Grammar Girl Email Newsletter: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/newsletters | Grammar Girl's AP style webinar: http://bit.ly/GrammarWebinar2019 | GRAMMAR POP iOS GAME | Optimized for iPad: http://bit.ly/iPadGrammarPop | For iPad and iPhone: http://bit.ly/GrammarPopMobile | GRAMMAR GIRL BOOKS | http://bit.ly/GrammarPopBooks | GRAMMAR GIRL IS PART OF THE QUICK AND DIRTY TIPS PODCAST NETWORK | VOICEMAIL: 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)

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0:00.0	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:04.8	Grammar girl here, I'm Mignon Foggerty,
0:06.7	and you can think of me as your friendly guide
0:08.8	to the English language, writing history,
0:11.5	rules, and cool stuff.
0:13.1	Today, we'll start with a quick and dirty tip
0:15.2	about the word sapina.
0:17.1	We'll have another quick and dirty tip
0:18.6	about how to treat the word the, in publication names,
0:21.7	such as the New York Times and the Chicago Manual of Style,
0:24.9	and we'll finish with a response to a family-like story.
0:28.5	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:30.3	This is a really short tip, but a few days ago,
0:32.8	I had trouble spelling the word sapina,
0:35.5	so I looked up the etymology and that helped.
0:38.8	Sapina comes from a combination of two medieval Latin words,
0:42.9	sub and pina.
0:45.3	Sub means under, and you probably could have guessed that.
0:48.9	And pina means penalty, it's related to the word penal,
0:52.8	like when you talk about a penal colony or the penal code.
0:56.9	A sapina is a legal document that says a person
1:00.2	has to appear in court under penalty of failure.
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