RE: The Instrument? The instrument?

["Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>]

Pope: At the very most, he may be shown the instruments.
Inquisitor: That will be adequate, Your Holiness. Mr. Galilei
understands machinery.
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Indeed. Lower-case will be adequate.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nancy Allison
> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 3:06 PM
> To: Technical Writing
> Subject: The Instrument? The instrument?
> 
> If you've worked on anything that refers to a hardware thingy by both 
> its clunky formal name and by the phrase "the instrument," do you 
> capitalize "instrument"?
> 
> The manual I've inherited does. The phrase has a homey, old-timey, 
> reverential feel. Seems as if maybe I should bow my head every time I 
> read it.
> 
> Does it strike you as an outdated convention? Would you capitalize it?
> I'm dying to knock down the caps but want a to hear others' opinions.
> 

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