http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aCapital+Letters+tag%3aOnlineSearch results for 'tag:Capital Letters tag:Online' matching tags 'Capital Letters' and 'Online'en-USXMOD (Build: 3715.30106)http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/mggpk/post.htmMon, 25 Jan 2010 12:25:44 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:1033729ellycatAfter I've typed a sentence which requires a question mark; does the question mark always denote the end of a sentence and therefore the next word will always begin with a capital letter, or is this not always the case? I ask this because the following sentence from a cricket website confused me regarding the question I've asked. `What's that up there?' Asked Jepson, looking skywards. `The moon,' replied Bond. `Well how far do you want to see?' concluded Arthur. Much appreciated in advance.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheReasonPersonalPronoun-AlwayswrittenCapitalLetter/mzjnk/post.htm#1029939Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:52:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:1029939mr wordyA theory that I've seen explained on several websites is that the practice of capitalising "I" began hundreds of years ago simply because lowercase "i" looked too small and insignificant, and could get "lost" amongst the other letters. I have no idea whether this is true.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Grammar/lznxh/post.htm#947565Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:32:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:947565philipWhenever I venture north across the border into Canada (quite often), I hear these/those ones regularly. I know a few people in the US that use that phrase, but I find it jarring to the ear. By the way, it is equally jarring to the eye to see a sentence all in capital letters (it's considered to be tantamount to 'shouting' on the internet).http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhyWrittenCapitalLetter/lcprp/post.htm#933207Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:11:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:933207cool breezeGG is right. More information: "12c. shortening of O.E. ic, first person sing. nom. pronoun, from P.Gmc. *ekan (cf. O.Fris. ik, O.N. ek, Norw. eg, Dan. jeg, O.H.G. ih, Ger. ich, Goth. ik ), from PIE *ego(m) (cf. Skt. aham, Hitt. uk, L. ego, Gk. ego, Rus. ja ). Reduced to i by 1137 in northern England, it began to be capitalized c.1250 to mark it as a distinct word and avoid misreading in handwritten manuscripts. "The reason for writing I is ... the orthographic habit in the middle ages of using a 'long i' (that is, j or I ) whenever the letter was isolated or formed the last letter of a group; the numeral 'one' was written j or I (and three iij , etc.), just as much as the pronoun." " ...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatGrammaticallyCorrectForm/kqvvz/post.htm#915070Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:49:34 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:915070grammar geekHi, Please don't use ALL CAPITAL letters. It's the Internet version of shouting, and no one likes to be shouted at. Strict presciptionists will tell you it should be "Whom are you here with?" but just about no one would say it that way. While we do use "whom" when it comes right after the preposition ("With whom did you speak?" it's almost never used to start a sentence like the one you have there.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CorrectCapitalizationTheseSongTitles/knpmd/post.htm#903634Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:24:25 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:903634mister micawberSeems like a lot of work for someone else, when you can just go to a website like THIS and look them up yourself. Obviously, this one is wrong: 'Breathe in, Breate Out'.http://www.englishforums.com/English/GraduateSchoolLetterIntentEssay-Questions/kmpxj/post.htm#898761Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:07:22 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:898761grammar geekLet's start by telling you not to write in all capital letters. It's considered shouting on the Internet and no one likes to be shouted at. If you read the FAQs, you'll see we don't do essays for people. However, if you write your essay and post it in the writing section, someone may have a look and offer you some advice.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Numbers/kmpkd/post.htm#898745Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:57:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:898745grammar geekHi Anon, First, please don't write in all capital letters. It's considered shouting on the Internet. Many style guides suggest you write numbers from one to ten and use numerals for numbers higher than that. I have two brothers. I have lived here 12 years.http://www.englishforums.com/English/AnyAdjectivesMeanExtremelyAngry/grbzb/post.htm#883568Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:05:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:883568khoffPlease, please try to use correct English spelling, capitalization and puctuation when you post here! "i"m "wt" and "sth" may be appropriate in other parts of the internet, but not on an English language forum!http://www.englishforums.com/English/CapitalizationSeasons/dqkkp/post.htm#866239Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:06:56 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:866239grammar geekIt's true that things change. Many people remember (or think they do, as you say with your "almost certain") being taught to capitalize the seasons. I didn't look for historical style guides to see if there was a time 30, 60, or 100 years ago that recommended capitalizing, but certainly you don't do it now. Here's a quick link to the Online Writing Lab at Purdue: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/592/01/http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseTextPart/2/jbvpn/Post.htm#771698Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:03:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:771698mr wordyThe 'EXCHANGE' term has been written in capital letters just to let you recognize it amoung the text and not to mix it up with the common 'exchange' word. I personally find it distracting and somewhat irritating, but it is, of course, entirely up to you. Perhaps a compromise would be just to capitalise the first letter: "Exchange". Maybe it's not a good term for this case. By 'actual' I mean 'up-to-date' here. In other words the 'latest' information. So if you can see that an ad face is marked as 'available now' then it is a fact that it is available now. You don't have to obtain more exact information about the ad face, you can order it right now. If an ad...http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseTextPart/jbvpn/post.htm#769503Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:42:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:769503mr wordy"exchange" is a general word for a place (physical or online) that matches buyers and sellers and facilitates transactions between them, so it seems appropriate here. General point : don't use CAPITAL LETTERS for emphasis; it's bad style and seems as if you're shouting at them. You can use italics or bold for emphasis, if required. I'm not sure whether all the text you've capitalised actually needs emphasising though. For example, I would not put "exchange" in bold every time you mention it -- it would get very tiresome. (My bold below shows things that I changed, not things I think should be emphasised, but I'm sure that's obvious!) Some suggestions on the text: ...http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferenceBetweenDoneDid/wbmmn/post.htm#676811Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:39:40 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:676811yankeeHi Rames. Welcome to EnglishForums! I will try to answer and correct each of your questions. However, I'll also give you a tip for the future: When you post something here, try to avoid asking extremely general questions. Try to make your questions as specific as possible. If a question is too general or broad, it really isn't possible to answer it in one forum thread. I want to learn good E nglish . One thing you should do right away is make sure you use capital letters and punctuation properly all the time. The first word at the beginning of a sentence should always be capitalized. The words "I" and "English" are always capitalized. There should always be a space after a comma or a period. There should...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HeyBoy/wbcxg/post.htm#674024Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:58:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:674024delmobileAre there capitalization rules for standard internet acronyms? Hmm. As the technology matures, it gets fussier, I guess.http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayProofReadPlease/wbckd/post.htmMon, 16 Feb 2009 16:24:20 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:673832rodsA day with the animals. (is the title correct for capital letter usage/) I was still lazing in my bed on a sunny Saturday morning when I heard my sister screaming with excitement. My father had offered to take us to visit the zoo. Immediately, I jumped out of bed and started getting ready for my trip. We drove in my father’s car. My father had already purchased the tickets online . The first zoo creature I met turned out to be a rhinoceros . It stared at me warily and I grinned back with a goofy smile. I turned and found myself face to face with a tame hippopotamus . Unlike the rhinoceros, it was more concerned with basking in the morning sun than looking at me. I heard a noise and to my amusement there was a troop of chimpanzees...http://www.englishforums.com/English/GrammarRulesMultipleChoice-Quizzes/hnmkx/post.htmFri, 23 Jan 2009 03:53:39 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:652168ditchHi all! Does anyone know what the rules are for capitalization and punctuation when writing a multiple choice quiz? I've tried checking various quiz websites, but there doesn't seem to be a consensus. Even professional sites aren't consistent from quiz to quiz. Sometimes they capitalize single-word answers and sometimes they don't. Sometimes they capitalize the first word of incomplete sentences and sometimes they don't. Sometimes they punctuate every sentence, and sometimes they only put a period at the end of the last sentence. Other times they don't punctuate them at all. Could someone please tell me if the following are gramatically correct? Example 1 How many apples were there? A) one B) four C) nine Example...http://www.englishforums.com/English/Languages/hnhln/post.htm#650799Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:57:22 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:650799cliveHI, I have two questions about languages. 1. Is there an official rule for language abbreviation such as English to Eng, Japanese to Jpn, Chinese to Chn etc. ? I mean that these abbreviations are commonly used? If it is "yes", is there a website that show all abbreviations for languages? There typically aren't 'rules' about such matters. I haven't encountered 'Jpn', 'Chn'. I'd probably just use the first few letters, eg 'Eng/Chi/Jap'. 2. I make my group member book and would like to mention member's language proficiency. I heard that if I speak English and Japanese. My English is very fluent but Japanese is a beginning level. then.. I heard that I have to write English with...http://www.englishforums.com/English/Languages/hnhln/post.htmWed, 21 Jan 2009 21:49:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:650739an jiyoungHello, I have two questions about languages. 1. Is there an official rule for language abbreviation such as English to Eng, Japanese to Jpn, Chinese to Chn etc. ? I mean that these abbreviations are commonly used? If it is "yes", is there a website that show all abbreviations for languages? 2. I make my group member book and would like to mention member's language proficiency. I heard that if I speak English and Japanese. My English is very fluent but Japanese is a beginning level. then.. I heard that I have to write English with Capital letters like ENG and Japanese with lower letters like Jpn. Is it right? Thankshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/InvitationLetterAppointment-Client/dvjch/post.htm#650406Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:08:58 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:650406grammar geekHello Anon, Writing in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS is considered shouting on the Internet, and no one likes to be shouted at. Please see Clive's post above - we will review your draft, but we will not write it for you. Simply imagine you are on the phone - write down what you would say to the person. Then post it here.http://www.englishforums.com/English/KidAdmission/hlznd/post.htm#640388Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:07:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:640388grammar geekHello Anon, First, don't use all capital letters. On the Internet, it's considered SHOUTING and no one likes to be shouted at. Second, you need to be more clear about what you need to write about. Pretend you are standing and talking with the person who will read your letter. What would you need to say? Write that out and post it here.http://www.englishforums.com/English/NeedCommentOnMySop/hjkpg/post.htm#632722Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:51:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:632722ferpecteditHello, I work for an online editing and proofreading site which handles a fair number of personal statements and motivation letters for postgraduate students. Please see my profile for more info. I won't do your whole letter here, but I will show you how I would revise your first two paragraphs which I have combined into one. I am a student in the physics department of (my univ). During the course of my graduate study, I have developed a keen interest in photonics and wish to pursue a Ph.D.in that field. I studied electronics and telecommunication engineering as an undergraduate at (Undergraduate univ) where the phenomena of light-matter interaction first caught my attention. My introduction to optoelectronic devices and optical...http://www.englishforums.com/English/ItWouldOkay/3/zrhdc/Post.htm#626484Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:10:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:626484mister micawber. Please do not post in all-capital letters, Jeane. It is considered shouting. The sentence you have seen in a typing error most probably-- the internet is full of them. Other websites have only a very tenuous grasp on the English language. This is correct: What would have happened if D-Day had not been successful? .http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhyTShirtCapitalLetter/hnwgm/post.htm#650986Fri, 09 Dec 2005 00:41:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:650986molly mockfordAt 23:53:33 on Thu, 8 Dec 2005, David (Email Removed) wrote in (Email Removed): I know that T is from tee, but why is it written in capital letter? Pawel Poland question asked by a student Why not try any or all of the online dicks? Because Pawel is himself the ultimate online dick. Molly Mockford They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety - Benjamin Franklin (My Reply-To address *is* valid, though may not remain so for ever.)http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhyTShirtCapitalLetter/hnwgm/post.htm#650968Thu, 08 Dec 2005 23:53:33 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:650968davidI know that T is from tee, but why is it written in capital letter? Pawel Poland question asked by a student Why not try any or all of the online dicks? David - grough atcost btinternet fullstop com www grough btinternet co uk/ (where'd me dots go to?)http://www.englishforums.com/English/IntialiseCriticiseRealize/4/hldbx/Post.htm#640034Sun, 19 Jun 2005 14:20:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:640034To me, a computer program is something I run on ... "official" distinction along these lines, but didn't mention a source. Way back (probably in the mid-1960s), the British Computer Society suggested that the spelling "Program" be reserved in BrEnglish for ... as they also persist in referring to "the internet", without the capital letter which designates it as a proper noun). Well, it is not really the job of the BSI to lay down spelling guidelines for English. Having said that, various standards for computer languages do lay down the use of the spelling 'program' as a keyword within the computer language (examples are Pascal and 'PROGRAM-ID' in Cobol, no doubt there are many others). Axelhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/IntialiseCriticiseRealize/4/hldbx/Post.htm#639989Sat, 18 Jun 2005 23:50:02 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:639989brian {hamilton kelly}And how about something like program/programme? Is the latter used exclusively or not? To me, a computer program is something I run on a computer, and a computer programme is something I watch ... back in 1984, and he suggested there was actually an "official" distinction along these lines, but didn't mention a source. Way back (probably in the mid-1960s), the British Computer Society suggested that the spelling "Program" be reserved in BrEnglish for computer programs, whilst "Programme" be retained for all other usages, such as the programme one buys when visiting a theatre or other event, or a TV/radio programme, etc. ISTR that they were successful in getting their recommendation enshrined in BSI...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatsThatExpoCalled/2/hjmzl/Post.htm#632579Tue, 14 Jun 2005 06:24:15 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:632579ronbThere's an expo in LA where each year new television series are shown to distributors and networks for possible inclusion in their new season. What's that thing called? I think it's called the "The Annual Los Angeles Possible New Television Series Expo Thingie." or something like that. (Also, I'm thinking of changing my sig to SL, but I'm afraid it might be too much like shouting. In ... witty quip after each post like some of the regulars do - will it help the responses to my thread?) Only if you can afford to rent those capital letters. They don't come cheap. Fortunately I was able to snag my capital "R" and "B" on a long-term lease before the Internet became such a huge business....http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowToSpellEmailEMail/4/nrnjb/Post.htm#1089839Wed, 16 Feb 2005 13:57:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:1089839mike lyleCan anyone tell me if we have figured out how to spell words like: o email, Email, e-mail, E-mail o web site, website, web-site o homepage, home page Do we capitalize Internet? How about Web? It may not help, here's my reasoning: I'm not urging you to accept it, but at least it is reasoning. "An internet" is an "intranet", not generally available to the public: it would link two or more private networks. "The Internet" is the public one we are using right now: it takes a capital letter, because, unlike the other ones, it can be thought to be like the unique name of a place, a railway, or a book or newspaper. Similarly, "Web" makes more sense than "web": there are many kinds of...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowToSpellEmailEMail/nrnjb/post.htm#1089710Wed, 16 Feb 2005 03:12:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:1089710skittCan anyone tell me if we have figured out how ... homepage, home page Do we capitalize Internet? How about Web? My own choices: email website home page internet web These terms have become so common that capitalisation looks archaic to me, but "homepage" (without the space) still seems odd outside of a technical discussion. Very much a matter of preference. I like e-mail, Web site, and home page. Funny so does M-W Online. Skitt (in Hayward, California) www.geocities.com/opus731/http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowToSpellEmailEMail/nrnjb/post.htm#1089707Wed, 16 Feb 2005 03:03:44 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:1089707john hatpinCan anyone tell me if we have figured out how to spell words like: o email, Email, e-mail, E-mail o web site, website, web-site o homepage, home page Do we capitalize Internet? How about Web? My own choices: email website home page internet web These terms have become so common that capitalisation looks archaic to me, but "homepage" (without the space) still seems odd outside of a technical discussion. Very much a matter of preference. John H Yorkshire, Englandhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SeekingUnabridgedGrammarStyleGuides-Tutorials/nrwbq/post.htm#1088255Sun, 13 Feb 2005 06:07:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:1088255robert lieblichI am searching for books that explain every known grammatical, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization rule in unabridged detail. So are we all. Next the Holy Grail. I would like to find them for American English and British English. I would also like to find workbooks or software that allows me to develop and test my usage. Does anyone have any suggestions? I think you're trying to bite off far more than you can chew. Some more modest recommendations can be found in "Recommended Books" section of the AUE FAQ at . I suggest you start there. But if you're serious, and if you're feeling really ambitious, you can always try *The Syntactic Phenomena of English*, in two volumes, by James McCawley. Volume I is all over...http://www.englishforums.com/English/MoreSouthEvolution/13/mlhdj/Post.htm#1062572Thu, 16 Dec 2004 12:14:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:1062572john ingsCan you show us an equally valid explanation for such similarities? No, but that doesn't mean there isn't one. In ADDITION to the observed family origins? I'm sure science is willing to take seriously any such SCIENTIFIC theories that may be advanced, but I find it really difficult to imagine what they might be. There is such a thing as parallel evolution, but as far as I know it never results in the same genes in the same places in chromosome patterns. For example, man, most apes, and the guinea pig all ... and apes have that same gene in the same place. Still the same circular argument. That would make a whole spectrum of scientific argument circular. Ah, not quite. Newtonian physics still holds where we live. ... speed...http://www.englishforums.com/English/EditedAmericanEnglish/lgqdl/post.htmWed, 07 Jul 2004 13:37:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:952895john deanA letter to the Guardian made use of this term. I get a bare 1,735 googlehits for it. This website is pretty typical of the way academic sites explain it. http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/adulted/ged/educator/EAE.htm This one is not so felicitous: http://www.ciesc.k12.in.us/adulted/page.asp?bd=gedfaq&hd=gedfaq top "It is the basic knowledge of various punctuation, capitalization, and proper grammar usage." (sic) Anyway, is EAE an accepted norm? Who is the arbiter in case of disputes? Is there a summary of rules anywhere (in one place)? John Dean Oxfordhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WreckingHavoc/kwjqz/post.htm#877673Mon, 12 Apr 2004 20:51:15 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:877673ross howardBecause that's the way the company splashes its name all over its programs and productions. Just look through their multiple websites. The only place they seem to be willing to consistently write "Fox" instead of "FOX" is in the overarching conglomerate, "Fox Entertainment Group." Fine, but as I said in my reply to Skitt, many other companies choose to write their names in caps (Time magazine is one that comes to mind). But logos aren't words; names are, and should surely be written like all names that aren't initialisms: with an initial cap and end of story. Ross Howardhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WreckingHavoc/kwjqz/post.htm#877611Mon, 12 Apr 2004 20:28:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:877611donna richoux(KNTV, a FOX affiliate) Why do people often put "Fox" in capitals? Out of force of habit because it's considered a network and all the other networks' names are initialisms? Because that's the way the company splashes its name all over its programs and productions. Just look through their multiple websites. The only place they seem to be willing to consistently write "Fox" instead of "FOX" is in the overarching conglomerate, "Fox Entertainment Group." I doubt anyone thinks of an actual fox or even of anybody named Fox. I see that William Fox founded Fox Studios in 1913 producing the famous Movietone Newsreels but he's not one of the more memorable figures in the public imagination....http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhyUsedToThinkAboutIt/3/khmvp/Post.htm#873793Thu, 08 Apr 2004 08:08:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:873793lee sau danNathan> That doesn't seem all that weird. Double-keying (pressing Nathan> two keys simultaneously with the same hand) promotes and Nathan> aggravates RSI. That why the keyboard, even back in the mechanical typewritter, is designed with two "shift" keys. They aren't there for redundancy. Nathan> In addition, the pinkies are the weakest fingers, so you Nathan> have to exert more effort to get them to do their job. Not anymore with electrical typewriters and computers. It *used to* require much practice to train the little finger to have enough power to press the shift key on a mechanical typewritter. Esp, the type in which pressing the shift key raises the carriage. (Caps lock was even harder to press!)...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhyUsedToThinkAboutIt/khmvp/post.htm#873334Wed, 07 Apr 2004 21:45:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:873334skittAh, language works in mysterious ways. Some people type without using capital letters. Weird. Wild! Kinda funny, even. That doesn't seem all that weird. Double-keying (pressing two keys simultaneously with the same hand) promotes and aggravates RSI. In ... a pinky (at least for people who touch type in the standard way), it makes sense to avoid capital letters. Gosh, lucky for you, you don't play the piano. On the other hand, that makes all the fingers stay in shape, so it would be a good thing. I don't touch type, so this isn't an issue with me. Me neither; well, kind of, but not fully. I also used to play the piano and other keyboards, but no longer. But I know touch typists who either minimize their use of capital...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhyUsedToThinkAboutIt/khmvp/post.htm#873315Wed, 07 Apr 2004 21:33:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:873315nathan sandersAh, language works in mysterious ways. Some people type without using capital letters. Weird. Wild! Kinda funny, even. That doesn't seem all that weird. Double-keying (pressing two keys simultaneously with the same hand) promotes and aggravates RSI. In addition, the pinkies are the weakest fingers, so you have to exert more effort to get them to do their job. Since typing capital letters on the left side of the keyboard requires both double-keying and the use of a pinky (at least for people who touch type in the standard way), it makes sense to avoid capital letters. I don't touch type, so this isn't an issue with me. But I know touch typists who either minimize their use of capital letters (e.g. by avoiding them in informal...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WithWithoutDefiniteArtcile/4/kzvjx/Post.htm#863627Sun, 07 Mar 2004 10:06:02 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:863627donna richouxWhy? I don't think I've seen it done that way. I just looked at my LPs and they're no help. But if you look at the pictures on their early LPs, "The Beatles" is written on Ringo's drum. It's written in all caps, but "the" is clearly part of their name. Well, what's clear is that the word "The" is written on the drums, and (naturally) witn a capital letter. I think you get into a philosophic muddle when you start to say whether that proves it is "part of their name" or not. It gets a bit White-Knightish. Some random thoughts. There are all sorts of times when "the" is routinely included in the mention of a proper name, yet we know that still it is not part of the...http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheWrigleyBuildingUnion-Stockyard/jwwlz/post.htm#793549Sat, 03 Jan 2004 23:10:53 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:793549javiAs 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 for the next time: lyrics in the WWW are not properly capitalized. The Wrigley Building has its own website - http://www.wrigley.com/wrigley/about/about story building.asp For the Union Stockyard, see http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/U/UnionStock.html So, they are buildings' names. I looked at M-W but could nod find "wrigley" nor did I find a reasonable meaning for "union stockyard", although I found other words and expressions that I did not know and that appears in...http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheWrigleyBuildingUnion-Stockyard/jwwlz/post.htm#793503Sat, 03 Jan 2004 22:22:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:793503don aitkenAs 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 of capitalisation would have helped. The Wrigley Building has its own website - http://www.wrigley.com/wrigley/about/about story building.asp For the Union Stockyard, see http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/U/UnionStock.html Don Aitken Mail to the addresses given in the headers is no longer being read. To mail me, substitute "clara.co.uk" for "freeuk.com".http://www.englishforums.com/English/PronunciationOfMbyte/2/wkmnc/Post.htm#722649Mon, 27 Oct 2003 17:43:03 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:722649evan kirshenbaumhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megabyte To reduce the confusion and distinguish between meaning (1) and (2) above, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), adopted an ... while strongly endorsed by IEEE and CIPM, have not yet been widely accepted, and are simply ignored by most people. I'm having problems thinking of anything that's been *less* widely accepted. I think I *may* have seen it used once in a paper, but I'm not positive. For all that IEEE may have "strongly endorsed" them, they doesn't seem to be used in any of their publications. Out of 978,562 IEEE documents, "kib" occurs in precisely one, where it is an abbreviation for "knowledge/information base". "GIB"...http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeIAndIrene/hjqxb/post.htm#634171Sun, 10 Aug 2003 18:44:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:634171claude brunetI try to reply about the capitalization of language names : We do not capitalize language names i French : We say in French "Je parle anglais" = I speak English. PCGARTS could be a French man or uses to write in French. N.B. : We would not capitalize the F in the above sentence in French. Well, every country has his usage ! But I agree that we should know that you capitalize the language names. An other difference : You write IRAQ. We write IRAK !! Regards Claude Claude Brunet Toulon France http://perso.club-internet.fr/clbrunet "Raymond S. Wise" (Email Removed) a écrit dans le message