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Capitalisation of names with particles
Hi. I have reverted the edits you made to De Sitter space, De Sitter–Schwarzschild metric and De Sitter universe, and I thought it might be helpful to explain why.

One of your edit summaries was "‎always written with lower case d", which is a common misconception. In a name with a nobiliary particle such as "de", the particle is indeed lowercase when the full name is employed (Vincent van Gogh, Willem de Sitter), and sometimes, depending on style convention, for the combination of particle and surname (so, either Van Gogh or van Gogh).

However, in no case does this rule overrule the general rule that sentences in English must begin with a capital letter. Well-known style guides are unanimous on this point, e.g. the Wikipedia Manual of Style, the Chicago manual of style. The latter states:

"8.5 Names with particles. Many names include particles such as de, d', de la, von, van, and ten. Practice with regard to capitalization and spacing the particles varies widely, and confirmation should be sought in a biographical dictionary or other authoritative source. When the surname is used alone, the particle is usually retained, capitalized or lowercased and spaced as in the full name (though always capitalized when beginning a sentence)."

See this English StackExchange question for more on this point.

Prime Entelechy (talk) 06:54, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

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