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I believe the rule is that if you change a proper noun it ceases to be a proper noun and therefore it is not capitalized. Therefore, "the Jones method" would be correct but "the Jonesian method" would not. You will see violations of this rule everywhere, and it may change due to usage if it hasn't already.
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tressups 05/22/2008 2:18 PM ![]()
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Re: minusculize, yasha
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