VERY SiMPLE QUESTION...?

Question

Is grandfather capatilized?

ex. I was off to work on my grandfathers farm.

What about grandpa, granddad, etc.

Thanks!

Answer 1

No*

Answer 2

it shouldn't be capitalized in your example.

Answer 3

Yes it's capitalized. People in your family are always capitalized unless your speaking od cousins or and aunt or uncle.

Answer 4

not always.

If you are making a direct address (as in: "Grandfather, can we go to the baseball game?"), then it is capitalized.  If you are speaking of him in the third person (as in: "My grandfather is the nicest man alive.") it is not capitalized.  

So in, "I was off to work on my grandfather's farm." it is not capitalized.

Same thing for grandpa, etc.