Re: The Instrument? The instrument?

[Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>]

Nancy Allison wrote:

> 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?


Ja, auf Deutsch muss man eine grosse Buchstabe schreiben. Das 
Instrument. Die Geraete. Das Whatever.

But in English I would not use a capital letter unless directed to do so 
by marketing, by legal, or by the owner of the business. If you 
encounter resistance from some other department, escalate or capitulate 
as you feel best.

Danish got rid of capitalized nouns about 110 years ago, and English 
about 110 or more years before that. Even German may crumble--in the 
informality of the internet I've noticed a tendency to say "Du" instead 
of "Sie" (for "you") to any and everyone. Nouns may be next.
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