The Instrument? The instrument?

Subject: The Instrument? The instrument?
From: Nancy Allison <maker -at- verizon -dot- net>
To: Technical Writing <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:05:36 -0600 (CST)


If youâve worked on anything that refers to a hardware thingy by both
its clunky formal name and by the phrase âthe instrument,â do you
capitalize âinstrumentâ?

The manual I've inherited does. The phrase has a homey, old-timey,
reverential feel. Seems as if maybe I should bow my head every time I
read it.

Does it strike you as an outdated convention? Would you capitalize it?
Iâm dying to knock down the caps but want a to hear others' opinions.
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