I am often confused how the word "English" should be written in phrases such as "English language", because I have seen both variants: capitalized and starting with lowercase letter.
What is the most accepted usage: "English language" or "english language"? And what about other possible usage of the adjective "english"?
Best Answer
If it is a proper noun, it must be capitalized.
If it is an adjective derived from a proper noun, it should retain its capitalization, according to this Wikipedia entry:
The "usually" might explain why you sometimes see "english" without any capitalization. The only case of "english" as a common noun would be in the context of pool, billiards or bowling games, as described by Wiktionary: