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Should 'most honourable' be capitalised?

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No. Only the proper name should be capitalised.

It is a little bit tricky to understand, in the way these titles are constructed. For example, we might write "The Honourable Gerald Lascelles" as this is (I believe) part of an official style or title. Likewise "His Holiness the Pope".

In the example you give, "Most honourable" does not seem to be part of the title and so should be in lower case (except for the M at the beginning of the sentence).

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Good morning, my most honorable friend,

If "most honorable" is a part of the person's title it is capitalized:

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The prefix The Most Honourable is a title of quality attached to the names of marquesses in the United Kingdom. Dukes are The Most Noble or His Grace and peers under the rank of marquess are The Right Honourable.

Certain corporate entities also enjoy the prefix, e.g. "Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council".

If I had anything to do with it McTag would be dubbed our Most Honourable Esteemed A2K Representative of Her Majesty's Kingdoms, Islands and Various Bits Here and There.

Joe(i remain your humble servant)Nation

PS Please pardon the switching between honorable (US) and honourable (everywhere else).

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You can capitalize, or fail to capitalize, any goddamned thing you like . . . most English-speakers don't know what the rules might be, some fewer disagree about what the rules might be, and the greatest number don't give a rat's ass.

About the only thing to which contemporary English-speakers would reliably object would be capitalizing every substantive, as though this were German, or some other goofy language.

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Setanta wrote:

You can capitalize, or fail to capitalize, any goddamned thing you like . . . most English-speakers don't know what the rules might be, some fewer disagree about what the rules might be, and the greatest number don't give a rat's ass.

About the only thing to which contemporary English-speakers would reliably object would be capitalizing every substantive, as though this were German, or some other goofy language.

lmao Sometimes the truth really does hurt. Razz

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He only ticked because we won't always type his name as SETANTA. Very Happy

At least his name is spelled correctly, fishin (sic).

Joe(ever happy to display knowledge I just pull out of thin air.)Nation

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