Which additional words in the sentence should be capitalized? One of the most well-known generals of World War II is George S. Patton.
Social Studies · High School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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In the sentence provided, the words that should be additionally capitalized are "World," "War," and "II," making the entire term "World War II" in uppercase. The rest of the sentence is correctly capitalized. The complete and correctly capitalized sentence would read: "One of the most well-known Generals of World War II is George S. Patton." It is also important to note that, in general, military titles such as "General" are capitalized when they are used as part of a proper noun (as in "General Patton"), but many style guides suggest not to capitalize them when they are used more generically, as in this sentence. Therefore, capitalizing "General" in this context is a style choice rather than a rule.