Capitalization of "the" beginning a proper noun

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When should "the" be capitalized when it begins a proper noun?

There are some proper nouns that seem to have their leading "the" included as part of their name/title. For example, The Real Ghostbusters. But there are others, such as the Greenhill School that seem like they could go either way (as in, Greenhill School could also be acceptable, so "the" is not part of the proper noun). What's the rule?

If you don't capitalize "the" with Greenhill School then you shouldn't capitalize "school" either. Or else you would just say Greenhill School. — , Dec 01 '19 at 08:36
Possible duplicate of Proper noun capitalisation: “The Union” or “the Union”? ... ... 'When capitalising a proper noun that has a “the” prefix, should the “the” be capitalised?' (which question already has an answer here: Capitalizing “the” when mid-sentence in a company name?) — Edwin Ashworth, Dec 01 '19 at 12:57

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 01 '19 at 08:43

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Just ask yourself what is part of the actual name.

answered Dec 01 '19 at 08:43

Capitalization of "the" beginning a proper noun

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