Question

Please read the following sentence to answer the question.

Sonya, my Mother, owns a bakery, and she makes the best brownies in town.

Is the word mother capitalized correctly in the sentence?
A. No, because it is a parenthetical element.
B. No, because a possessive pronoun comes before the word.
C. Yes, since Sonya is the owner of the bakery.
D. Yes, since Sonya must be capitalized, so should mother.

Answer 1

i think its A but im not sure

Answer 2

It's B

Answer 3

C or D seems pretty silly honestly. And B makes no sense. A is correct :)

Answer 4

Mother is capitalized only when the current speaker is addressing his or her mother directly. For example, "Mother, have you seen Father?".

However, if the current speaker is addressing her indirectly then the word 'mother' is not capitalized. For example, "My mother is the kindest person I know."

Answer 5

ok thank you. so A would be the correct answer?

Answer 6

I think so, because a possessive pronoun is known as truly indicating possession and is seen by words such as
"mine, yours, hers, theirs."
and A understates the fact that capitalizing mother in this sense would be the correct way to go.

Answer 7

Just because something is used as a parenthetical element in a sentence doesn't give it ground to be capitalized.

Answer 8

Then how does a possessive pronoun even make sense for this?

Answer 9

OK thank you. Can you guys help me in a few more questions?

Answer 10

I would love to. I'll do my best

Answer 11

What's your other question?

Answer 12

ill tag u guys just a sec

Answer 13

Kk

Answer 14

@Atsie @Cardinal_Carlo i put A and it was wrong

Answer 15

Maybe it was B after all, considering what was said in the above comments. This one is pretty tricky for me even.

Answer 16

I told you B was the answer. Maybe I was not clear enough, perhaps.

Answer 17

I gotta go, I'm sorry guys. Maybe I can try to help some more 2morrow

Answer 18

its alright thanks. sorry i dint answer i got busy again