Thread: Please clarify

MS Word suggests to write Nokia Company instead of Nokia company (lower case C). Why is it so?

And another question:
Do I have to put in 'the' article before a company name, i.e. the Nokia Company?

Originally Posted by Ramil

And another question:
Do I have to put in 'the' article before a company name, i.e. the Nokia Company?

Я думаю потому что говоря Nokia company ты подразумеваешь вполне конкретную компанию, поэтому и определенный артикль.

Originally Posted by Ramil

MS Word suggests to write Nokia Company instead of Nokia company (lower case C). Why is it so?

I think it's wrong. You'd only capitalise 'Company' if it were part of the company name, e.g. "Nokia Company Ltd", and it appears that Word is assuming that to be the case based on whatever internal rules it's been given, but I don't believe that it is the case here. The company is actually called Nokia Corporation.

Originally Posted by Ramil

And another question:
Do I have to put in 'the' article before a company name, i.e. the Nokia Company?

No, it's a proper noun.

Originally Posted by scotcher

Originally Posted by Ramil

MS Word suggests to write Nokia Company instead of Nokia company (lower case C). Why is it so?

I think it's wrong. You'd only capitalise 'Company' if it were part of the company name, e.g. "Nokia Company Ltd", and it appears that Word is assuming that to be the case based on whatever internal rules it's been given, but I don't believe that it is the case here. The company is actually called Nokia Corporation.

Originally Posted by Ramil

And another question:
Do I have to put in 'the' article before a company name, i.e. the Nokia Company?

No, it's a proper noun.

thanks.

Word is not alway right. For example, it positively refuses to accept my name, Vincentz.

Vincentz.

He-he, we share almost the same name

Yeah, but Word recognized YOUR name )

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Word is not alway right.

I finally turned off that spell check after I'd added a couple hundreds of words.

I keep it on, just in case. It's useful when you type emails fast and don't thunk abut grmattikl miztqeqtrwetakes.