Re: The Instrument? The instrument?

[poshedly -at- bellsouth -dot- net]

Not only do they tend to over-capitalize, their spelling is often not-too-good, as well. One engineer in particular at a former company I was with for many years routinely spelled the word "gauge" (which displays pressures, etc.) as "guage".

I kept telling him it's "gauge" and that "guage" is where Elmer Fudd kept his car. heh-heh-heh.

But to no avail.

-- Kenpo in Atlanta
-------------- Original message from "Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>: -------------- 


> This is a common and rather bad habit of engineers 
> who write documents. Engineers universally overuse 
> capitalization. I think it's the result of having to use 
> all-caps in the notes in engineering drawings and 
> titles. 
> 
> Gene Kim-Eng 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Nancy Allison" 
> > If youÃ?Tve worked on anything that refers to a hardware thingy by 
> > both 
> > its clunky formal name and by the phrase �othe instrument,� do you 
> > capitalize Ã?oinstrumentÃ?Â? 
> > 
> > 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 Does it strike you as an outdated convention?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? 
> > IÃ?Tm dying to knock down the caps but want a to hear others' 
> > opinions. 
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