more grammar questions

[tanithryudo]

There was a meeting between the President and the Joint Chiefs. - Should "President" as in "of the U.S." be capitalized?

"Now calm down there, son," said the general. - Should "son" be capitalized if it's one of those figures of speech and not actually the speaker's son? What about if the addressee is the speaker's son?

All of the victims were human, not Jaffa or Asgard. - Should "human" be capitalized? It's weird because you would expect other alien species/race references to get capitalized...

Comments

[cashew.insanejournal.com]

"Earth" and "moon" and "sun" are only capitalized "when those names appear in a context in which other (capitalized) celestial bodies are mentioned". (Source: Grammar CCC (http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/capitals.htm))

So yes, I'm sure.

[tanithryudo.insanejournal.com]

Hm... but when talking about the moon/sun, you usually say "they arrived at the moon" or "they could see the sun" and not "they arrived at moon", etc.

So would that mean if you say "they returned to the earth", it's not capitalized, but saying "they returned to Earth", it is?

It would be easier if the language made it easy to use the Latin terms for everything... eg. "They could see Sol in the day and Luna at night when they arrived on Terra". But no one talks like that. >_<