Friday, May 2, 2008

Criminal Sentence 9: Crazy Caps

From an ad in today's newspaper:

"All Prices slashed for Immediate liquidation."

Capital letters indicate you're starting a sentence or using a proper name. A proper name is a city's name, or a product's name, or a person's name, for example. "Prices" and "Immediate" are not proper names, so these words should start with a lowercase letter. I often see this random use of caps, perhaps an attempt to make words stand out.

I find It rather Annoying. And I wish Writers would Stop doing it.
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 4, 2008 at 6:40 AM

    I agree! Using CAPS for emphasis is much more effective, and is also cleaner-looking. All prices SLASHED!

    Love your WD articles!

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  2. The Sentence SleuthMay 4, 2008 at 8:48 AM

    Thanks, Jacob. I have fun writing the articles. Any topics you wish I would cover?

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  3. DanMay 14, 2008 at 7:15 PM

    Bonnie,

    I love the blog and your entries. Keep up the great work.

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  4. The Sentence SleuthJune 17, 2008 at 6:44 AM

    Thank you!

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