Tasnif Style Guide

Tasnif Style Guide — Page 94

94 TAŞNİF STYLE GUIDE the opposite, readers will typically see Government capitalized in earlier works. Nevertheless, the specific institutional names and departments within the government should be capitalized. When combining two proper nouns to form a plural con- struction, the following apply: " " Oxford University and Harvard University or Oxford and Harvard universities the Royal Asiatic Society and the Church Mission Society or the Royal Asiatic and Church Mission societies the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean or the Indian and Atlantic oceans Location and Building Names The names of geographical locations, and of buildings and monu- ments are capitalized, whether they are fictional or factual. the Enchanted Forest " Qadian is located in the Punjab the Promised Land ■ the Arabian Sea " the Eternal City the Hereafter (the abode of the next life) vs. hereafter (in reference to sequence of time) enjoy Paradise (the abode of the next life) vs. paradise (an enjoyable experience)