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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread It's our linguistic German heritage showing #114398 11/10/2003 1:13 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,089 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,089 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA But I think this has been an evolutionary process. Aren't all nouns capitalized in, for example, the Declaration of Independence? When did the change occur so that now only Proper Nouns are capitalized? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Capitalization Wordwind 10/25/2003 2:02 AM Re: Capitalization Faldage 10/25/2003 4:42 PM It's our linguistic German heritage showing wofahulicodoc 11/10/2003 1:13 AM Re: When in th Course of human Events Faldage 11/10/2003 11:43 AM Re: When in th Course of human Events Wordwind 11/10/2003 2:16 PM Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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