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I do not support incorrect capitalization in any context, as it only
encourages ongoing (and rampant) ignorance regarding correct usage.
It's a pet peeve here, as NO ONE I work with pays the slightest attention to
this.
> Chris
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Richard L Hamilton <dick -at- rlhamilton -dot- net>wrote:
> I was helping someone edit a letter that will be distributed to parents at
> a school and ran into a situation that I thought the list might have some
> ideas on.
>
> The original draft included the following sentence:
>
> "We will hold an Earthquake Drill on Wednesday at 11am."
>
> At first, I wanted to remove the leading caps from Earthquake Drill.
> However, when I looked at the letter in context, I decided to leave them in
> place. The trade-off in my mind was between being strictly correct versus
> making it more likely that someone scanning the letter would notice those
> two words, and I went with the latter.
>
> I'm wondering what folks think about that trade-off, and whether you think
> there are other places where abandoning correctness in favor of some other
> goal (visibility, usability, etc.) is the right thing to do.
>
> Best Regards,
> Richard Hamilton
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