Fwd: capitalization of proper names

Subject: Fwd: capitalization of proper names
From: Jan Henning <henning -at- r-l -dot- de>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 15:38:37 +0100


the proper name of the software I am documenting consists of two words,
divided by a dot. The first word is all lower case, the second in capital
letters. For example: soft.WARE
How do I have to write the software name at the beginning of a sentence? Is
it soft.WARE or Soft.WARE?

We have a similar situation in one of our projects. The solution we agreed upon is two-pronged:

- Try to avoid using the name at the beginning of a sentence.

- Where it cannot be avoided, do not capitalize the name.

I am not aware of any general rules covering this situation.

Regards
Jan Henning

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