Why isn't nouvelle année not in caps?
Nouvel An vs. nouvelle année?
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Johnny C.Kwiziq community member
Nouvel An vs. nouvelle année?
This question relates to:French dictation exercise "A New Year's Eve in the snow"
Asked 5 months ago
Bonjour Johnny,
In French, "le Nouvel An" (also written as "Le jour de l'An" / "le premier de l'An") refers to the actual religious bank holiday while "nouvelle année" is simply the generic expression. Therefore, the latter does not include any capital letters.
I hope this is helpful.
Bonne journée !
Chris W. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
If you quoted the entire sentence, I would probably be able to shed some light on this.
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