MrPedantic  +  194420 Thu, 09 Feb 06 01:14 AM  Linguanaut wrote: If you guys have any question, just let me know! and I will try my best to help! Hello Linguanaut Why does each word in the Spanish section start with a capital letter? MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris... Capital Letters

	Ruslana  +  194513 Thu, 09 Feb 06 08:49 AM ¡Hola! Linguanaut, I wonder why many phrases and words in Spanish are put into ¿? or ¡!. What does it mean? ¡Eh! ¡Amigo! ¿Cómo Estás? Ruslana Joined on Sat, Dec 17 2005 Senior Member 3,685

	Forbes  +  194818 Thu, 09 Feb 06 10:41 PM The reason is that many Spanish questions can have the same form as a statement and inversion of subject and verb is quite common in statements. Also subject pronouns are not usually expressed.  In speech the difference between questions and statements is apparent from intonation. In writing the upsidedown question mark is to warn you a question is coming. I suppose they decided that if they were going to have upside question marks they may as well have upside down exclamation marks too. Examples: Usted es my amable. You are very kind. Es usted muy amable. You are very kind. ¿Es usted español? Are you Spanish? ¿Usted es español? Are you Spanish? Eres loco. You are mad. ¿Eres loco? Are you mad? Forbes Joined on Thu, Jun 16 2005 Regular Member 895 Nouns, Verbs, Difference Between, Pronouns, Intonations, Exclamation Marks, Question Marks

	Linguanaut  +  195017 Fri, 10 Feb 06 10:34 AM Very good answer forbes, thank you! about the other question: why each word start with a capital letter?  I've read that by doing that it helps you memorize the word better than if the word is not in capital letter, it sticks to your mind better just from the esthetic way to help the brain absorb the word easily. Linguanaut Capital Letters

	Ruslana  +  195042 Fri, 10 Feb 06 12:51 PM Thank you very much, Forbes! And thank you too, Linguanaut. Ruslana

	MrPedantic  +  195280 Sat, 11 Feb 06 01:22 AM  Linguanaut wrote: about the other question: why each word start with a capital letter?  I've read that by doing that it helps you memorize the word better than if the word is not in capital letter, it sticks to your mind better just from the esthetic way to help the brain absorb the word easily. Thank you, Lingua! I'll try it and see. MrP MrPedantic Capital Letters