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Topic Options #177092 - 05/22/08 10:18 AM Capitalize? tressups stranger Registered: 05/22/08 Posts: 2 I receive the word a day, and this week and last they have all been eponyms. When the word is demonstrated in a sentence I notice that sometimes it is capitalized and sometimes it is not. If the words originate from proper names it makes sense that you would capitalize it, but it does not seem to be consistent. Can anyone shed any light on this? Is there a standard? Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Entire topic Subject Posted by Posted Capitalize? tressups 05/22/08 10:18 AM Re: Capitalize? tsuwm 05/22/08 12:41 PM Re: Capitalize? tressups 05/22/08 03:32 PM Re: Capitalize? Debra Lee 10/26/09 03:21 PM Re: Capitalize? Nensi 06/08/10 03:18 AM Re: Capitalize? LukeJavan8 06/08/10 12:54 PM Re: Capitalize? Chuckledore 06/13/10 09:36 AM Re: Capitalize? zmjezhd 06/13/10 12:11 PM Re: Capitalize? Chuckledore 06/13/10 03:18 PM Re: minusculize, yasha zmjezhd 06/13/10 03:40 PM Re: minusculize, yasha Zed 06/26/10 03:24 AM Re: minusculize, yasha xjustxbellx 01/31/11 01:48 PM Re: minusculize, yasha LukeJavan8 01/31/11 04:20 PM Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Flat Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8453 Members 16 Forums 13691 Topics 210110 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members zhangzhen, dene13, MariaAnastasia, MNPrasad, Krysto4 8453 Registered Users Who's Online 1 registered (LukeJavan8), 22 Guests and 2 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 98 endymion6 71 wofahulicodoc 71 jenny jenny 66 teepee 23 Rhubarb Commando 16 Faldage 14 tsuwm 9 anddrewlee 6 Jackie 4 June Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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