The reason for the latter goes back to the introduction of Linotype typecasting machines into newspaper production in the C19th. ... meant that capital letters were not cast with them, and the habit spread to other printing and even to

Isabelle Cecchini > alt.usage.english,uk.culture.language.english in just before the ... many French-speakers have been taught not to accent capital letters. What does the " + " sign exactly do in this case? I am getting 661,000 but

The reason for the latter goes back to the introduction of Linotype typecasting machines into newspaper production in the C19th. Before that date, majuscules in printing were created complete with diacritics, and used by printers. The fact that

Donna Richoux a écrit: (...) I've found that typing a just before the word makes Google definitely want to behave nicely with accents. The problem is that it still behaves badly with capital letters, so that I get very similar results for

A bit of capitalisation would have helped. Surely. I had a similar problem with another Sinatra's song. I hope that I will learn for the next time: lyrics in the WWW are not properly capitalized. The Wrigley Building is a Chicago landmark. It

As i am getting old, I have, surprisingly, found myself ... that won't let you down It's my kind of town A bit of capitalisation would have helped. Surely. I had a similar problem with another Sinatra's song. I hope that I will learn

As i am getting old, I have, surprisingly, found myself listening to Sinatra's songs. I had never expected this, but ... building, chicago is The union stockyard, chicago is One town that won't let you down It's my kind of town A bit

There is slight confusion over the British way with quotation marks. If the quotation is known to be a complete sentence then the full stop (or, indeed, comma) IS included within the quotation. The two, trans-Atlantic, methods officially are: -

Maria: 1. "This date" is an old-fashioned way of saying "today." I believe someone mentioned this already; others have offered the generally-accepted notion that "midnight tonight" means the very same midnight that

1. "This date" is an old-fashioned way of saying "today." I believesomeone mentioned this already; others have offered the generally-accepted notion that "midnight tonight" means the very same midnight that marks the