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[mack the knife]

For documents/historical acts such as the Declaration of Independence, the Treaty of Versailles, or the Truman Doctrine, we must use capital letters. However, say I was to write "the Declaration of Independence" in a paragraph and later in the same paragraph refer to it simply as "the declaration", must I capitalize the "D"?

[CentralCali]

Personally, I would capitalize the D as it's just an abbreviated form of the title. It's kind of like referring to John Smith in the first instance and thereafter referring to him as John.

[The_Eyeball_Kid]

[faster]

Yes, if it refers to the Declaration of Independence, it should be capitalized, just as you should capitalize the States when it's used as shorthand for the United States, or Dave if it's shorthand for David Pendejo.

[Milwaukiedave]

Capitalize everything, then like Steve McGarrett you'll think you are more important then anyone else.

[xeno439]

[tzechuk]

The rule is that if an object specifically refers to something that has already been mentioned, you need to capitalise it to show the reference.

[Qinella]

[htrain]