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telophase ([personal profile] telophase) wrote2007-04-09 01:35 pm
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Ladies and gentlemen, this is why you should pay attention in your English classes. Spelling, punctuation, grammar, and clear writing are not just for other people!
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[identity profile] kutsuwamushi.livejournal.com 2007-04-09 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I understand accepted/excepted, typos, and other such errors...but I still can't figure out random capitalization. How does your brain have to be configured to think that capitalizing "Art Work" and "Frames" makes any sense?

It's one of the easiest things about English orthography, accept except when it comes to titles.

[identity profile] gweniveeve.livejournal.com 2007-04-10 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe they're German?

English used to capitalize common nouns, but that was awhile ago. Like, 200 years ago. And they weren't watching anime back then.
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[identity profile] kutsuwamushi.livejournal.com 2007-04-10 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I knew about common nouns being capitalized in the past. Capitalization was also used for emphasis once upon a time.

But neither explains why they capitalized what they did.

[identity profile] gweniveeve.livejournal.com 2007-04-10 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
I think people do get confused when they're doing notices and signs, but yeah, "Frames?" That makes no sense.

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2007-04-10 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
The one thing I see missing, though, is "scare quotes," so they dodged at least that one pothole.