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When are you 'You', and when 'you'?
When is it in spelling that the personal pronoun 'you' should be written with capital Y?
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Should the abbreviation for “identifier” be capitalized?
I'm a programmer and I often see the abbreviation ID (capitalized) in technical documents and code. Is this correct, or should it be id?
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Why are I and O always capitalized, but a is not?
There are three single-letter words. They are the article a, the pronoun I, and the interjection O.
The pronoun I and the interjection O are always capitalized, but the article a follows normal ...
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Did English use to have capitalization rules similar to German's current rules? [duplicate]
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Capitalisation of nouns in English in the 17th and 18th centuries
I was looking up an article of the constitution of the United States of America, and I noticed in the ...
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Capitalization in “the University has 1000s of students. ”
The University of London is huge. The University/university has 1000s of students.
Is it correct to leave out the capital u in the second sentence?
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“grammar nazi” or “grammar Nazi”?
Should Nazi be capitalized in the phrase grammar nazi/Nazi?
While I can't think of any other examples right now, I would like to extend the question to ask if the words which are historically nouns ...
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When to spell out non-alphanumeric characters?
If a term contains non-alphanumeric characters, when (if ever) should these characters be spelled out? For example:
C++ written as C Plus Plus
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Does one capitalize “communism” and “communist”?
Suppose I have the following sentence:
I lived in a communist country during the fall of communism in 1989.
Should "communist" and "communism" be capitalized?
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Why are the words Reich and Kaiser capitalised in English?
It is the same with Diesel, which can be capitalised or not. Do the words Reich and Kaiser have some specific historic value as they are distinguished from non-capitalised words such as halt, ozone, ...
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When a sentence starts with “e.g.”, should the e be capitalized?
When a sentence starts with e.g., should the e be capitalized?
Neverminding that it might be better to start with "For example," ... Thinking of SE posts and comments, should the starting e be ...
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Why The New York Times no longer capitalizes “E-mail”
Why isn't E-mail capitalized like it used to be in The New York Times?
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Case of USD — “United States Dollar” or “United States dollar”
What is correct, United States dollar or United States Dollar?
In the examples below the emphasis is mine.
Example 1 (context)
The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$) ...
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Is incorrect capitalization considered a spelling error?
Is incorrect capitalization, such as the lowercase "i" in
can [this is not the sic you're after] i [this sic] have an if statement within a
dialog box code?
considered a spelling mistake, or ...
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Do you capitalize Bill as in “Senator, please support this Bill”
I was wondering if I need to capitalize it because my teacher highlighted it but without giving a reason.
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How should wireless technology names be hyphenated and capitalized?
How should wireless technology names be hyphenated and capitalized?
"a wireless g network"?
"a wireless-g network"?
"a wireless-G network"?
"a wireless G network"?
none of the above?
Does a formal ...
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Capitalization for a bullet list
The following is from some software documentation we are writing:
NOTE: Refreshing a report may be necessary or helpful when:
you believe the data in the report has changed since it was ...
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Which is correct: “Filename”, “File Name” or “FileName”?
Which is correct: "Filename", "File Name" or "FileName"?
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Should the words “city”/“state”/“province” be capitalized (if not followed by the name of the city)?
When referring to an entity like a government body, should it be capitalized if referring to is by classification(?).
E.g., if I write:
The City of New York requires us to get a building permit.
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