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) Yes, since Sonia is the owner of the bakery(C) Yes, since Sonia must be capitalized so should mother(D) No, because a possessive noun comes before the word

Answer 1

Answer: The right answer is the (D) No, because a possessive noun comes before the word.

Explanation: Just to elaborate a little on the answer, it can be added that family words such as mother should be capitalized when they replace or are a title for a person's name—"The other day I saw Uncle Tom at the mall" or "When I was in the pharmacy Mother called me," for instance. However, those words should not be capitalized if they are preceded by a possessive, as in the example.