RE: majuscules in English (was Re: simple ui question)

Subject: RE: majuscules in English (was Re: simple ui question)
From: "Jonathan West" <jwest -at- mvps -dot- org>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 13:17:29 -0000



>
> But what I've noticed as a much more annoying trend is the
> unselfconscious Capitalization of every Noun--Or Even Every Word--by
> non-writers. It's as if there is something about the German rule that is
> intuitively appealing to people who never paid attention in English
> class. Surely, as someone who also works in marketing, er, Marketing,
> you've seen this, too.

This is simply a conspiracy on the part of A.A. Milne fans, all of them
members of the Society for the Inclusion of Capitals in the Oddest of Places
:-)

Regards
Jonathan West


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