New Rule

[bluegargantua]

Hi,

This is a new rule for the English language:

The word "capitalize" (and all its conjugations) must always be Capitalized.

Because it's right and just, that's why
Tom

Comments

[foxtown.livejournal.com]

Are verbs normally Capitalized?

Also that would get confusing in business where enough random words get Capitalized, and we already have another use for the word Capitalization.

Anyways shouldn't it be CAPITALIZE?

Flawlessly autological.

[etherial.livejournal.com]

I suppose we should always write l o n g this way, too.

Re: Flawlessly autological.

[bluegargantua]

No, but you should always write italicized this way.

later
Tom

Re: Flawlessly autological.

[shadohrt.livejournal.com]

and bold this way?

should
center
always be
centered
?

Re: Flawlessly autological.

[bluegargantua]

Actually, the answer to both of those questions is no.

See, Capitalize and italicize are things you can do to written words, but you can't really do them to anything else. Bold and center/ed can apply to things besides written words (he's a bold man, I centered the painting on the wall) so we don't apply their text-meaning to them.

later
Tom

Re: Flawlessly autological.

[mikecap.livejournal.com]

com po nen TIZE

Re: Flawlessly autological.

[mikecap.livejournal.com]

I can italicize yer ma.

Re: Flawlessly autological.

[mikecap.livejournal.com]

Because I'm Italian.

Re: Flawlessly autological.

[bluegargantua]

Or as my mom would say: eye-talian.

Of course, she doesn't know we're referring to your brown eye.

heh
Tom

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