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Rodney · 12-04-2003, 11:50 AM

People still capitalize common nouns for emphasis, even though it's wrong -- I guess they think it punches up the sentence or is more formal, even though it looks stupid to me. I used to have a copy-editing job on a very low-rent newspaper than ran a lot of news releases from local organizations, gov't agencies in such in lieu actually writing its own news, and my job was to put all the PR releases in shape to publish in the paper. Those amateur and small-time PR guys would capitalize any damn thing. "The Flip City Lions Club will hold a Party honoring Long Time Members who have been of great service to the Community...." Jeez. And of course, it was my job to pull out all the extraneous capitals. Well, at least their bad grammar made a paying job for me.

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Rodney Observant Ruminant Location: Rich Wannabe Hippie Town	People still capitalize common nouns for emphasis, even though it's wrong -- I guess they think it punches up the sentence or is more formal, even though it looks stupid to me. I used to have a copy-editing job on a very low-rent newspaper than ran a lot of news releases from local organizations, gov't agencies in such in lieu actually writing its own news, and my job was to put all the PR releases in shape to publish in the paper. Those amateur and small-time PR guys would capitalize any damn thing. "The Flip City Lions Club will hold a Party honoring Long Time Members who have been of great service to the Community...." Jeez. And of course, it was my job to pull out all the extraneous capitals. Well, at least their bad grammar made a paying job for me. Last edited by Rodney; 12-04-2003 at 11:54 AM..