Alan McConchie20h ago

For years I've been writing "Washington State" (all capitalized) when necessary to distinguish from "the other Washington", and while I am a linguistic relativist, I defer to consensus when I see it. I am shook to learn that the Chicago Manual of Style's latest edition now joins the AP Stylebook in recommending "Washington state" (no capitalization) instead.

"State" still applies when talking about the university (#WSU), or of course when using CamelCase for hashtags like #WashingtonState

Show threadKeith Jenkins
@alan Similarly, I've always paused when writing county names (like "Albany county") but have generally settled on not capitalizing the word "county", figuring that it is not actually part of the name.
Apr 2 at 5:55pmWeb