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Fearless_Hyena · 12-03-2003, 05:37 PM

I know this is pretty random, but I figured someone here might know -- I'm curious why all the nouns in the Constitution of the United States begin with a capital letter. Does anyone know?? I was just reading the transcript at:

http://www.house.gov/Constitution/Constitution.html

Is that just how we used to write English, or official documents back then? It's almost like the German language (they also use the double-S), where they do that with nouns as well. Anyway, I just noticed that...I'd be interested to know if anyone can enlighten me!

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Fearless_Hyena Hello, good evening, and bollocks. Location: near DC	Why are nouns in the U.S. Constitution capitalized?? I know this is pretty random, but I figured someone here might know -- I'm curious why all the nouns in the Constitution of the United States begin with a capital letter. Does anyone know?? I was just reading the transcript at: http://www.house.gov/Constitution/Constitution.html Is that just how we used to write English, or official documents back then? It's almost like the German language (they also use the double-S), where they do that with nouns as well. Anyway, I just noticed that...I'd be interested to know if anyone can enlighten me!